aaronblogswhales reblogged
Migaloo is back in Byron Bay, NSW!
These incredibly rare shots were taken by Australian photographer Craig Parry
Source: australiangeographic.com.au
aaronblogswhales reblogged
Megafauna Keepers: Maybe if I wish and hope really hard, I’ll get this species I want to work with here!
Bird, Herp, and Invert Keepers: I went on vacation to another zoo and saw this species and they sent it to us, this other species was an extra that someone didn’t want, and this last species I ordered online with free shipping
aaronblogswhales reblogged
Seals on Ice
aaronblogswhales reblogged
aaronblogswhales reblogged
Not a zoo now, but a circus.
Personally I don’t care for circuses - the environment and situation the animals are shown in doesn’t appeal to me at all, I think it’s more of an archaic cultural tradition than something we really need, but this still makes me sad.
Ringling Bros has been under the exact same malicious lies as SeaWorld, dolphinariums and zoos. The same “arguments”/lies, from the same people and the same organizations. I think this is only further proof - if indirect - that SeaWorld, unless they change something soon, is on its last breath.
And I go back to the article I wrote recently.
What is most disappointing however is what I see from SeaWorld supporters on this - “good, those animals were being abused” - not realizing it’s the exact same logic and arguments anti-SeaWorld and anti-zoo people use, to slander what they, the SeaWorld supporters, love and support.
This is not the time to stand divided.
Zoo supporters see Shamu shows going away, and say “good, I love zoos but SeaWorld sucks”. SeaWorld supporters see circuses with wild animals going away and say “good, I love SeaWorld but circuses are bad.” Then maybe some circus people say “no one should be able to own exotic animals at home.” An owner of exotics say “I want to keep my foxes, but no one should be able to keep lions and tigers”. Someone else says “you shouldn’t be able to own exotic mammals, but reptiles are fine”. Someone then says “I love my lizards and small snakes, but no one should be able to keep venomous species or large constrictors”.
And on and on it goes. Endless division.
“Take them, but don’t take ME!”
Well you’re wrong. They’re coming for all of you.
And the more you stand there slinging mud at each other - you’re on THE SAME SIDE, for crying out loud - the easier it will be for them to come and pick you off, one by one.
Ban elephants in circuses. Ban elephants in zoos. Ban whale shows and breeding. Ban all “rare” exotics from private ownership. Ban large snakes from being moved across state lines. Mandatory spay and neuter laws for dog and cat owners. Tighter and tighter restrictions around every area of animal keeping.
“It’s just another little detail” you say, “it’s harmless, in fact it might do some good”. But you don’t see how they are chipping away at you with a pickaxe.
What’s next? Ban big cats in zoos? Ban dolphins and sealions? Ban dog shows? Put on extremely stringent regulations for dog and cat breeding, so that it’s virtually impossible to do legally? Ban all common exotics (hamsters, chinchillas, corn snakes, budgies, aquariums)? Making regulations on livestock and farming so tight that small-scale, humane farms have to close down everywhere?
And on and on it goes.
If you think they’ll leave it at cetaceans, elephants and apes, you are incredibly naive and have not been paying attention.
We need to support organizations like NAIA - bring in more suggestions if you have them. The answer is humane and ethical animal use, not NO animal use. No need to throw the whale out with the poolwater.
http://naiaonline.org <- Check them out. They didn’t put me up to this.
aaronblogswhales reblogged
Huge boy, in 2008.
Source: Flickr / sumarsummers
aaronblogswhales reblogged
Tilikum 1980-2017
Rest in Peace, Big Man.
xoxlibbyxox
It’s so sad that he died. Why did he die you ask? Because he was taken from his home, and stuck in a tiny tank. Orcas get anxiety and depression from being confined in small spaces. That’s not even a joke. That goes for any marine animal in sea world. And if you look at Orcas in captivity, most of them, maybe all of them have collapsed dorsal fins because they have been cramped in their tiny night tanks. An orca even killed itself by banging its head over and over in the night pen negative it was too cramped.
Also, orcas have a sense of self which is really fascinating. And scary, because if I was in a tiny cage and forced to do things for 25+ years, it would be torture. But it’s okay to do this to animals that have that same sense of self, and probably feels the same about that situation. So… yeah.
^ This is what I’m talking about. These sick people making it all about them and their agenda, because they love to hear their own voice.
You don’t get to dance on his grave and use his not yet cold body for your personal agenda.
Tilikum died because he was a VERY OLD ANIMAL. There. I said it.
There are 350 Northern and Southern resident whales in the Pacific northwest. Five males are older than Tilikum. FIVE!!!
He was incredibly lucky to reach this age, and be under the great care that he was for the past 25 years.
He was evaluated for release right before his move to SeaWorld 25 years ago, barely twelve years old. If found releasable, SeaWorld would have been FORCED by law to release him in Iceland. Thankfully, he stayed because independent experts knew he would never make it.
Even if he had been releasable, or never captured in the first place, he’d been dead many years ago, because of his chronic repiratory infection. He’d have died the first time that disease showed up, in his teens or early twenties.
Instead, he got to live a long and fruitful life, surrounded by people who loved him (and don’t you fucking DARE insult people who are grieving, people who dedicated their LIVES to his well-being), he never had to go hungry a day in his last 25 years, and had an adoring training and veterinary staff on call 24/7 to tend to all his needs. Any human who has a life of such luxury, we call the privileged 0.1%.
And he touched MILLIONS of people in his days at SeaWorld. Millions of people who learned to love killer whales because of him, who started caring for the ocean because of him, who wanted to become marine biologists, veterinarians and animal rescue staff because of him.
And you sick people can’t even wait a second after his death to spread your vile, hateful ideology, riding on this magnificent animal’s loss and insulting and demonizing people grieving for a friend they spent more time caring for and being with than their own families. Well you got what you wanted. Anti-caps are already celebrating Tilikum’s death, because that’s what they want for all of these animals, death.
aaronblogswhales reblogged
ulibugs-deactivated20170704
aaronblogswhales reblogged
aaronflybox-deactivated20140415
Marineland 146 by derekp on Flickr.
I love seeing pictures of the Canadian Whales ! Especially Kiska doing any sort of aerial behaviours. and widdle Athena :3
aaronblogswhales reblogged
Gentle giants
Tilikum, Corky 2, Kalina, Taku, and Orky 2.
aaronblogswhales reblogged
GUUUURL what you even gonna do with them tiny flips?
This is the kind of content I come here for.
aaronblogswhales reblogged
sightless-behavior
I can't believe it's already 2017
Guys I’m crying omg I was drunk please stop reblogging this
They want it to stop…..we reblog it to the extreme
sightless-behavior
No no no lol please don’t
floorcatcher
Forever reblog until 2017
sightless-behavior
O my god no
ppessimistin
i cant stop laughing
hinterland-x
until 2017
infinite-angels
only 3 more years.
pewdiepiesfanblog
I already added this to my queue, I don’t even know if i’ll still be on tumblr then
aaronblogswhales reblogged
aaronblogswhales reblogged
Cairns Aquarium
Type: Aquarium
Country: Australia
Status: Under Construction
Planned Completion: May 2017
The Cairns Aquarium was announced in 2013 and construction started in Decmeber 2014. The aquarium will be located in the tropical city of Cairns, Queensland which is known for being close to the Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainsforest. The aquarium will house 15,000 plants and animals, many of which are found only in the Great Barrier Reef and Daintree Rainforest, in 70 exhibits made up of almost one and a half million gallons of water. The aquarium was designed by Peddle Thorp Architects. The aquarium’s exterior walls are “made up of a series of giant “tectonic” plates to symbolise the movement of the earth’s crust over time causing the development of giant land masses and ocean structures in the region that led to the creation of the Far North’s tree covered mountains and the Great Barrier Reef.” The goal of the aquarium’s design is to be recognizable and an iconic destination in Cairns.
Sources:
aaronblogswhales reblogged
More anti-zoo hypocrisy.
aaronblogswhales reblogged
“Oh I love zoos!”
“I just think all the animals would be better off in the wild…”
aaronblogswhales reblogged
orcaobsession
Orca Following My Ship Back from the Antarctic Peninsula (by maskirovka77)
Source: Flickr / maskirovka77