RESPECT THE FIN

REYNA AGUIRRE
WILD CETACEANS CAPTIVE CETACEANS
SWIM UP TO 100 MILES PER DAY
VS. NO SPACE TO ROAM
SOCIALIZE WITH THEIR PODS FORCED TO LIVE ALONE WITHOUT SOCIALIZATION
FORM COMPLEX HIERARCHIES AND BONDS SOMETIMES BE SURROUNDED BY INCOMPATIBLE ANIMAL
("WILD VS.", 2019) ("WILD VS.", 2019)

ACCORDING TO THE MARINE

MAMMAL PROTECTION ACT:
CAPTIVE ANIMALS DIE PREMATURELY DUE TO:
DROWNING, INGESTING FOREIGN OBJECTS, AND
ATTACKS FROM OTHER ANIMALS
("THE CASE", 2009)

THE PROBLEM WITH

"SWIM WITH THE DOLPHINS"
FACILITIES
THESE FACILITIES ARE UNREGULATED. "SWIM-WITH
REGULATIONS HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED SINCE 1999—AND MOST
OF THE NEWEST ONES ARE BEING STOCKED WITH WILD-CAUGHT
DOLPHINS FROM UNSTUDIED POPULATIONS,"("THE CASE", 2009).

126 INSPECTORS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE FOR

10,433 FACILITIES THEY HAVE TO INSPECT EVER YEAR
("AQUARIUMS", 2019)

*"EVEN CHRONIC VIOLATORS ARE RARELY ASSESSED FINES OR MEANINGFUL PENALTIES'"

("AQUARIUMS", 2019)

A BETTER FUTURE FOR THE FINS

WHAT VETERINARY CLINICS NEED FOR THEIR ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY
(MANNINA, 2004)
IMMUNIZATIONS
PARASITE CONTROL
DISEASE SURVEILLANCE
ACCURATE RECORDS
AND CLINICAL PATHOLOGY

THE WELFARE OF ANIMALS

IN CAPTIVITY CAN BE IMPROVED
THROUGH ANIMAL HEALTH,
PHYSIOLOGY, AND BEHAVIOR.