Study on UK public aquarium industry

For those that may be interested, a new study on UK public aquaria has
been recently published by two British organisations.I thought that
some of you who may have some knowledge on marine wildlife might find
some of the issues raised relevant.

The Captive Animals’ Protection Society published one study
referring the whole of the UK public aquarium industry, and it can be
seen at:
http://www.captiveanimals.org/aquarium/suffering.htm

Advocates for Animals publish the other study referring only to
Scottish public aquaria, and it can be seen at:
http://www.advocatesforanimals.org/c...dtheglass.html

Both comprehensive studies are interrelated, and focus mainly on fish
and/or aquatic invertebrates, both marine and freshwater (covering
issues such as abnormal behaviour, animal welfare, health,
conservation, education, research, contact with humans and even
aquarium design.



Jordi

I see the so-called "animal liberation" movement as a telling symptom of a
society that has lost contact with the real world enviornment. People who want
to ban hunting are the same urban idiots who have never seen deer overgraze
their feeding areas nor collided with one in a populated area.

People who want to ban ranching are the same fools who haven't given an iota of
thought to the local economies of those marginal areas that depend on ranching
to stay financially afloat.

Public aquariums, for all their cramped conditions, are one of the few venues
where children and adults can have some sort of contact with real animals.
Public aquariums are one of the essential recruiting grounds for the next
generation of marine conservationists--and "Animal Liberation" ideologues WANT
TO CLOSE THEM DOWN?????

I believe that public aquariums are proving to be absolutely essential in
helping to restore some slight measure of blance and order to a marine
enviornment under an ever-increasing threat from overfishing, pollution, and
neglect from corrupt bureaucrats, cynical politicians, greedy businessmen, free
market ideologues, clueless socialists, and the ignorant--because these
aquariums alone have the funding and the facilities to help preserve marine
species under threat of extinction. To suggest that these organizations should
be closed down is pure lunacy--a folly to be expected from the loopy animal
sentimentalists of the British left.

I REFUSE to support such dingbattery

"Everettgllyl" <everettgllyl@aol.com> wrote in message
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>I see the so-called "animal liberation" movement as a telling symptom of a
> society that has lost contact with the real world enviornment. People who
> want
> to ban hunting are the same urban idiots who have never seen deer
> overgraze
> their feeding areas nor collided with one in a populated area.

So we should hunt deer because otherwise there's too much road kill?
Perhaps we should simply ban cars instead.

> People who want to ban ranching are the same fools who haven't given an
> iota of
> thought to the local economies of those marginal areas that depend on
> ranching
> to stay financially afloat.

Yep, the disenfranchised cowboys. No one cares about them, except perhaps
country-western singers. Maybe it's time they find new jobs, such as extras
for Marlboro commercials.

> Public aquariums, for all their cramped conditions, are one of the few
> venues
> where children and adults can have some sort of contact with real animals.
> Public aquariums are one of the essential recruiting grounds for the next
> generation of marine conservationists--and "Animal Liberation" ideologues
> WANT
> TO CLOSE THEM DOWN?????

I don't have children and really miss their lovely shrieks and hollers.
Perhaps we could have a zoo of sorts with lots of children behind bars so I
can pay a small admission price to see them in their natural habitat? We
could raise them in incubators and when they reach a certain age, let them
go free or euthanize them for their own safety.

> I believe that public aquariums are proving to be absolutely essential in
> helping to restore some slight measure of blance and order to a marine
> enviornment under an ever-increasing threat from overfishing, pollution,
> and
> neglect from corrupt bureaucrats, cynical politicians, greedy businessmen,
> free
> market ideologues, clueless socialists, and the ignorant--because these
> aquariums alone have the funding and the facilities to help preserve
> marine
> species under threat of extinction. To suggest that these organizations
> should
> be closed down is pure lunacy--a folly to be expected from the loopy
> animal
> sentimentalists of the British left.

Since you can't help kill them all, might as well save a couple for
posterity? How warped.

> I REFUSE to support such dingbattery

Is that like I ROBOT, except that you view yourself as trash instead?

"Greg Mossman" <mossman@qnet.com> wrote in message
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> So we should hunt deer because otherwise there's too much road kill?
> Perhaps we should simply ban cars instead.

Yeah killing machines that they are....

Kimber
--
I never did give anybody hell. I just told the truth and they thought it
was hell.
- Harry S. Truman (1884-1972)

Everettgllyl wrote:
> I see the so-called "animal liberation" movement as a telling symptom of a
> society that has lost contact with the real world enviornment. People who want
> to ban hunting are the same urban idiots who have never seen deer overgraze
> their feeding areas nor collided with one in a populated area.
>
> People who want to ban ranching are the same fools who haven't given an iota of
> thought to the local economies of those marginal areas that depend on ranching
> to stay financially afloat.

Folks who compare hunting and farming to zookeeping are out of touch
with reality.

I have no problem with most hunting and, having spent much of my youth
on the farm, I have little problem with farming. The poultry industry
being a notable exception.

> Public aquariums, for all their cramped conditions, are one of the few venues
> where children and adults can have some sort of contact with real animals.
> Public aquariums are one of the essential recruiting grounds for the next
> generation of marine conservationists--and "Animal Liberation" ideologues WANT
> TO CLOSE THEM DOWN?????

Zoos and aquariums are no place to have contact with real animals. For
the most part they are filthy confinement of animals that are obviously
very distressed, and behave very differently than animals in the wild or
on farms.

If the next generation of marine conservationists thinks that the
obsessive behavior of zoo and aquarium animals is attractive, we are all
in big trouble.