#empty the tanks

[local-hellhound-steals-spaghetti]

New academic takedown just dropped 🥳

This paper absolutely tears to shreds the Jacobs et. al paper that claimed dolphins were suffering brain damage from captivity. Of course, such a claim gets snapped up by the media despite the paper having zero evidence and data to back this up.

So please read this paper, which actually has citations for data to support themselves. Dolphins in modern zoological facilities do not live in impoverished conditions

[marineconservationstudent]

To support climate action we must protect the whales.

I’m always asked which area of marine I would like to go into for a career,

the answer is always and will always be cetacean behaviour and conservation.

Why?

Cetaceans, particularly the great whales, bring stability to our ever-changing climate.

When whales dive into the depths of the ocean, they then return to the surface water to breathe. Upon returning to the surface, whales release enormous faecal plumes, containing limiting but essential nutrients that stimulate the growth of phytoplankton.

Phytoplankton, an organism forming the basis of all, marine food, is essential for life on Earth. These microscopic organisms act as carbon fixers by sequestration carbon from the atmosphere to be utilised in their bodily structures. Reducing the number of phytoplankton is undeniably going to cause higher quantities of greenhouse gas emissions remaining in the atmosphere and as a result warming the climate.

Whales' defecation acts as a natural fertiliser in our oceans and is essential in the growth of phytoplankton thus combatting climate change.

Without whales, phytoplankton numbers will reduce meaning greenhouse gas emissions are no longer removed from the atmosphere through these carbon fixers. This creates an increasingly warmer climate, one uninhabitable and one that will impact ALL life on Earth.

Our future lies in our oceans, particularly baleen whales who store astonishing amounts of carbon throughout their 100-year lives. Even when these individuals die, the carbon remains locked in the dead body for centuries to come.

Whales face many threats.

Whaling and climate change are impacting their populations the most.

We must protect whale populations from the threats we have caused

Not only will it benefit whales, but it will benefit all marine life, terrestrial life and even us, humans.

Whales are not only incredible species but a natural solution to climate change one that deserves to be protected.

[enter-the-phantom]

“Toki was an inspiration to all who had the fortune to hear her story and especially to the Lummi nation that considered her family.”

…weren’t the Lummi on the forefront of the fight to free her?

The Miami Seaquarium daring to even mention an Indigenous nation whose sacred animal they have kidnapped, abused, neglected, and let die in a tiny concrete tank is perhaps the most laughably disturbing part of this whole charade. It stinks of performative allyship and it stinks of racism.

It just stinks.

[naturesmomentsphotography]

As much as her passing hurts, I believe she's back home. We can't see her, she's not physically there but I believe her spirit is finally home where she belongs with her family and swimming free. She's finally home, just not in a way we wanted, but she's free and her spirit and legacy will live on.

Edit made of Toki and her mother L25 Ocean Sun who is still alive and swimming free in the ocean

[animalsoutloud]

[zickmonkey]

In my free time I make really bad memes so here's some to channel my anger in response to Marineland Canada's last surviving orca dying (Kiska)

[orcaimocroi]

The Dolphin Project

Help prevent dolphin slaughter from hunts here: https://www.dolphinproject.com/take-action/save-japan-dolphins/

[dontdenymeshakespeare]

This One's for the Lost

It's finally here. The anti-captivity essay I've been working on since 2018. Happy Empty the Tanks Day.

I’ve wanted to write this blog post for ages, but I’ve struggled with it and written several drafts. I’ve also had multiple drafts of this post. For a long time I didn’t know what to say and when I tried to write it the first time it turned into the classic middle school essay mess where I tried to fit too much in and sandwiched my points for anti-captivity in the middle of captivity history…

[g-l-o-w-y-l-i-g-h-t-s]

Important petition/action items

[felizzlemynizzl]

[freekshamenk]

#Elecciones2023 con Mundo Marino/Aquarium MdP sin cerrar y sin Prohibir, NO TE VOTO. Al que sea, Presidente, Gobernador, Intendente, Senador, Diputado, Concejal y cualquier otro funcionario. Nada.

Tenemos 640.000 firmas y NO TE VOTAN

Change.org/StopAcuarios

#NoTeVoto

#ConPetrolerasNOteVoto

#ConMundoMarinoNOteVOTO

#ConAquariumNOteVOTO

#ConTracciónASangreNOteVOTO

#ConAnimalesAbandonadosNOteVoto

#ConExplotacionAnimalNOteVOTO

#LeyKshamenk

#FreeKshamenk

#LeyDeHumedalesYa

#CierrenMundoMarino

#CierrenAquariumMdP

#StopAcuarios

#EmptyTheTanks

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[theriverbeyond]

do u ever have one of those academic terms where you are not so much crawling to the finish line but lying down and hoping you will roll

[penciled-palominos]

I know I keep reblogging old things but I feel the need to still talk about what happened or is happening at Seaworld because its important to still bring light to what they did/do to the orcas there and more people should really know about all the stuff that happened/is happening there.

[naturesmomentsphotography]

This isn't a post I thought I would have to make and im currently crying writing this ...

Today on August 18th Lolita/Tokitae died from what was believed to be a renal condition.

Toki, you were loved by so many people, you were a symbol of strength and you brought people from all over to fight for you.. but in the end it wasn't enough.. You were such an amazing animal and you will always be remembered 💔

We love you Tokitae

Swim free in sky sweet girl, you will always be in our hearts

[plaguedocboi]

Everyone congratulate Neptune on successfully molting over the weekend