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Argumentative Essay On Marine Parks

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Marine parks are a part of a billion-dollar industry wherein marine mammals are enslaved by humans to perform tricks for human entertainment. Sea creatures are captured by humans and then they are confined into tiny aquariums to endure merciless training all for the sake of human “entertainment”. Most marine parks are unsafe to due to the mistreatment of animals behind the scenes of each performed astonishing trick. In this case, I believe that animals should not be held captive in marine parks as it is animal abuse, endangering animals’ lives and families are being torn apart away from their habitats. Based on the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ report stating that there are more than seven hundred million people visit zoos and aquariums yearly. Why do people visit such places when it is a harmful environment for animals? According to Helen Lockhart of The Two Oceans Aquarium, humans are simply fascinated by the nature and behavior of marine mammals, leaving us a sense of desire to take a trip to an aquarium so that we could explore the unknown and discover foreign environments. Although, aquariums only often try to imitate the experience with marine life forms. In the case of aquariums, most have never had an opportunity to dive beneath the waves, due to fear or other personal reasons. Animals that are commonly displayed at marine parks are Cetaceans, which includes species such as dolphins, beluga whales, seals and many more. Cetaceans are mammals with

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