#TakeAction
The recent documentaries Blackfish, The Cove and Blood Dolphins show that putting dolphins and orcas in captivity is unethical and cruel, ripping them from their families that they would normally grow up with and depriving them of the freedom of the open ocean, instead confining them to small concrete tanks to do tricks for dead fish.
LEARN ABOUT LOLITA
Please help today by taking the following action steps:
1. TAKE THE PLEDGE NOT TO BUY A TICKET TO A CAPTIVE DOLPHIN SHOW
Share your pledge on social media and encourage others to join you!
2. WATCH THIS PSA FEATURING LOLITA AND SPREAD THE WORD TO YOUR FRIENDS
3. MAKE A TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION TO SUPPORT OUR INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGNS
Your support is critical to our mission. If your employer has a matching gifts program, your donation could be doubled or even tripled!
4. MAKE YOUR COMMUNITY FREE OF CAPTIVE DOLPHIN FACILITIES
View our ACTIVISM GUIDES for more information.
If you are in the Miami area, join one of the monthly protests at the Seaquarium.
5. CONTACT THE AUTHORITIES
Please contact each agency below and strongly request that action be taken to ensure public safety at the Miami Seaquarium. Ask why Dade County Building and Zoning and Fire Marshal are allowing the Seaquarium to “slide by,” endangering the lives of paying customers.
Consumer Complaints
Department of Business and Professional Regulation
1940 Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0782
Ph. (850) 487-1395
email: http://www.myfloridalicense.com/contactus/
www.myflorida.com/dbpr
State Fire Marshal
200 E. Gaines Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0342
Ph. (850) 413-3089
email: [email protected]
Office of the Attorney General
State of Florida
PL-01 The Capitol
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1050
Ph. (850) 414-3300
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Write to:
USDA, APHIS Animal Care
4700 River Road, Unit 84
Riverdale, MD 20737-1234
Ph. (301) 851-3751
[email protected]
Ask why they continually allow Miami Seaquarium to operate
when it is sub-standard to their own laws.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Call or write to National Marine Fisheries Service and request a current Marine Mammal Inventory Report (MMIR) for the Miami Seaquarium.
National Marine Fisheries Service
Office of Protected Resources
1315 East-West Highway, 13th Floor
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Ph. (301) 427-8400
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Arrange a screening of LOLITA – Slave to Entertainment at your school, community center, theater, local library, or PBS station.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Do not support companies like Princess Cruises (a division of Carnival Cruises) that endorse animal cruelty at the Seaquarium. Call or write to Princess and Carnival and politely ask them to join the good fight.
Princess Cruises (Corporate Headquarters)
24305 Town Center Drive,
Santa Clarita, CA 91355-4999
Ph. 1 661 753 1530
email: [email protected]
HELP SPREAD THE WORD – Let your friends, family, school mates, and service club members know about the problem of keeping whales and dolphins in captivity.
