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Say No To Captive Dolphins In The USVI

Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 9:41 pm
by BRY1105
Excerpt from the Coral Bay iWatch (V2-2): "Coral World Park on St Thomas is applying for a permit to open a Dolphinarium offering Swim with the Dolphins tours and dolphin performances. We urge you to say NO to captive dolphins on St. Thomas. Keep wildlife in the wild!"

Sign the petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/374/581/ ... n-islands/

Re: Say No To Captive Dolphins In The USVI

Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 10:03 pm
by Bonny in CA
Signed and shared on Facebook!! 8)

Re: Say No To Captive Dolphins In The USVI

Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 10:18 pm
by lprof
St. John Newbie wrote:Signed and shared on Facebook!! 8)
Me too.

Re: Say No To Captive Dolphins In The USVI

Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 11:51 pm
by Lex
We signed.

If anyone is unsure about this matter, here are some informative links:

http://www.wdcs.org/submissions_bin/captivitybnd.pdf
http://www.marineconnection.org/campaig ... ammes.html
http://animal.discovery.com/tv/blood-do ... ivity.html

http://www.humanesociety.org/assets/pdf ... tivity.pdf
http://www.wspa-usa.org/wspaswork/marin ... ymain.aspx
http://www.wspa-international.org/helpi ... phins.aspx

I used to have more links but can't locate them. I had a review of the facility on Tortola. If anyone has links, please add them on

Re: Say No To Captive Dolphins In The USVI

Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 6:37 am
by JJShaw
lprof wrote:
St. John Newbie wrote:Signed and shared on Facebook!! 8)
Me too.
Me Three ... :D

Re: Say No To Captive Dolphins In The USVI

Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:14 am
by mrscherry2000
and me

Re: Say No To Captive Dolphins In The USVI

Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:29 am
by Coden
Signed.

Re: Say No To Captive Dolphins In The USVI

Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:30 am
by Pia
Done and shared - thanks for letting us know.

Pia

Re: Say No To Captive Dolphins In The USVI

Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 10:55 am
by TouristTrapCheryl
VIOL FORUMITES ARE OUR BEST HOPE TO STOP THIS!

As visitors to this territory, the money you represent to our economy
is the strongest voice we have as we petition our government in order
to save these animals from the cruelty of captivity.

SAY NO TO CAPTIVE DOLPHINS IN THE US VIRGIN ISLANDS!


PLEASE SIGN THIS ONLINE PETITION! AND:
PLEASE WRITE IN THE "NOTES" THAT YOU WILL
TAKE YOUR TOURISM DOLLARS SOMEWHERE ELSE
IF THE USVI SANCTIONS THIS ANIMAL CRUELTY
.

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/374/581/ ... n-islands/[/b]

Thank you, cheryl geller

Re: Say No To Captive Dolphins In The USVI

Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:16 am
by jwwj
Signed and thanks for posting this.

Re: Say No To Captive Dolphins In The USVI

Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:30 am
by BRY1105
TouristTrapCheryl wrote:VIOL FORUMITES ARE OUR BEST HOPE TO STOP THIS!

As visitors to this territory, the money you represent to our economy
is the strongest voice we have as we petition our government in order
to save these animals from the cruelty of captivity.

SAY NO TO CAPTIVE DOLPHINS IN THE US VIRGIN ISLANDS!


PLEASE SIGN THIS ONLINE PETITION! AND:
PLEASE WRITE IN THE "NOTES" THAT YOU WILL
TAKE YOUR TOURISM DOLLARS SOMEWHERE ELSE
IF THE USVI SANCTIONS THIS ANIMAL CRUELTY
.
In 2010 when my wife & I visited the USVI on our honeymoon, we thought about going to Tortola to swim with the dolphins. After learning more about dolphins in captivity, we decided not to go because we didn't want our money supporting such a terrible thing.

Re: Say No To Captive Dolphins In The USVI

Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:34 am
by DonnaM
Done! Thanks for sharing!

Re: Say No To Captive Dolphins In The USVI

Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:57 am
by stingrat
Done, now everyone go vote for ACC again:<)

Re: Say No To Captive Dolphins In The USVI

Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 1:59 pm
by CBama
Done.

Thanks for sharing

Re: Say No To Captive Dolphins In The USVI

Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 4:03 pm
by chicagoans
Signed and made my name visible which I rarely do. I feel very strongly about this and it looks like I'm not alone! Thanks for the heads up BRY and for the links Lex.