If more people knew about the economics of marine parks, the complex social structure of dolphin and whale families, how a dolphin or whale spends an “average” day in the ocean; and how they are captured and bred for the marine park industry, fewer people would buy tickets to places like Seaworld.
Here is a partial “BlackFish Blacklist” from Wikipedia:
- Brookfield Zoo, Illinois
- Clearwater Marine Aquarium
- Discovery Cove
- Dolphin Quest Hawaii[95]
- Dolphin Quest Oahu[96]
- Dolphin Research Center
- Dolphins Plus[97]
- Georgia Aquarium
- Gulf World Marine Park[98]
- Gulfarium[99]
- Indianapolis Zoo
- Institute for Marine Mammal Studies, Mississippi
- National Aquarium in Baltimore
- Marineland of Florida
- Miami Seaquarium
- Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration (only Beluga whales)
- National Aquarium in Baltimore
- Sea Life Park Hawaii
- SeaWorld San Diego, California
- SeaWorld Orlando, Florida
- SeaWorld San Antonio, Texas
- Shedd Aquarium, Illinois
- Six Flags Marine World‘s Shouka Stadium, San Francisco
- Texas State Aquarium
- Theater of the Sea
- The Dolphin Connection[102]
- The Dolphin Institute / Kewalo Bassin[103]
- The Mirage Dolphin Habitat (also known as Siegfried & Roy‘s Dolphin Habitat), Las Vegas
- Walt Disney World‘s The Seas with Nemo & Friends pavilion
Take the pledge. Don’t go see dolphins and whales in captivity. Don’t buy a ticket to to see marine mammals in captivity.