Ugh....feeling horrible

So, in about a month my family and I are going on a trip to Mexico. Lot’s of fun! WOO HOO! My problem is one of the activities I was going to be doing there. My mother and stepdad went last November and swam with dolphins. I was so excited to touch one and actually feel one. So I hopped online and was trying to do research of the therapeutic benefits for humans who spend time with dolphins. All I found is all this information on how bad it is for the dolphins and how they aren’t happy and don’t have enough room to swim and they are only doing tricks because they are hungry, etc etc. Now I feel really bad and could cry I can’t participate in something if it’s that horrible, and I was really looking forward to meeting dolphins. :’(

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  • kundalalitakundalalita Raw Newbie

    aw wow, i didn’t even know that about the dolphins!

    you could go pet the whales instead?! they seem to come voluntarily to the boats…i really wanted to do that, and this is the time of year to go!

  • WinonaWinona Raw Newbie

    that is sad, tunacupcakes. i sympathize – when i go to the zoo, i love to see the animals, but it’s hard to see them caged. at the same time, they’re not doing so well in the wild, thanks to human destruction. i try to put these things out of my mind and enjoy seeing these beautiful creatures, then i try to do activist things and write to congressmen because the animals have inspired me – to save their natural habitats.

    perhaps contribute to a ‘save the dolphin fund’, if you choose to swim with them?

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