All these parks and aquariums are touting themselves as institutions of learning about marine life, and many school systems have bought into that lie and are part of programs sponsored by these parks and aquariums .
What can a person possibly learn from watching these creatures doing circus animal tricks for dead fish?
What can we learn about how these creatures act in their natural habitat when they are imprisoned in cement fish tanks? It would be like doing a study on the human population at large by going to a prison and studying a person in consolatory confinement.
Emory University Neuroscientist and Behavioral Biologist Lori Marino says there is no evidence that zoos help promote conservation through education. For example, Japan has more marine parks than any other country in the world, but slaughters dolphins at an alarming rate.
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