-Amber Bolieau

Marine Captivity
January 27, 2016

Table Of Contents:
1. Introduction
2. 16 year old speaks out
3.The Paul Watson Story

4. Sadness at SeaWorld
5.How can you participate?
6.Facts
7. Conclusion
8.Work Cited

Introduction
Animal captivity, has grown these past few years. People mostly think
of household pets like dogs and cats, they dont think of dolphins or
orcas. This has affected people and marine life. In this article, I will
examine this issue by profiling and activist who works to help orcas
that have been captivated, another for captive dolphins, why
SeaWorld is torture, how you can help, and some interesting facts. My
articles evidence will show strategies and solutions for the devastating
problem.

16 year old speaks out

Ella Van Cleave, a 16 year old activist. Ella stands up for what's right. In
2012, 14 year old, Ella Cleave became one of the youngest powerful speakers on
TEDx Talks. During her session, she talked about dolphin captivity, and from
there she went onto different
debate tournaments, she also talks about her
story and the movie The Cove and how it inspired her
. Ella also became a
Rescue Diver in 2012 too, and got her certificate in Australia. Then in 2014, at
age 16, she was given a scholarship to attend Quest University. Today at age 18,
she will be achieving her Master's Rescue Diving certificate. Andrew Weaver
says,
Ellas communication skills are exceptional; her enthusiasm* is

infectious*; her passion for marine conservation is unwavering. on his

blog.
Ella continues to teach and inspire me, and people around the world.

Definitions:

Infectious- likely to spread something

Enthusiasm -intense and eager enjoyment, interest, or approval.

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Paul Watson Story

by
Amber Bolieau

In the movie The Cove is

based on real life events. In the
movie, Paul Watson, a world
known activist travels to japan to
track down a underground
boatman dolphin slaughtering.
This business is billions of dollars,
and trying to stop them is not easy. So Paul
Watson goes to Japan to confront them. When
he is there, people follow him around and he
states, Its a multibillion dollars industry, and if
you get in their way it could be very dangerous,

and I do, I get in there way.(From Interview). Paul Watsons first job was to
capture and train dolphins for the movie Flipper, but became an activist after
seeing what happens to dolphins when they are left alone and depressed
which what lead him to the slaughterings. Knowing the risk Paul Watson
continues to fight for dolphins, and encouraging the public.

Sadness at SeaWorld
Have you ever gone to an aquarium, like Sea World or the New England
Aquarium? While you were there did you ever watch the dolphins shows that
they offer? Well it turns out that in the movie The Cove there were some
dolphins that were spared and
saved. The truth is that the
dolphins that are in aquariums
are not rescued at all, they are
captured and sold for hundred
thousands of dollars. This is the
cause, and an effect is that, the
dolphins arent happy and can
get depression if left alone.
Depression can be caused by not
having another dolphin in the
same pool and the same gender, this is now a law in many countries. Another

effect is that dolphins use something called echolocation. This is how they
locate food, and find their school, or pod of other dolphins. Now think, have
you ever seen people banging or knocking on the glass wall barrier? This also
sends waves through the water, so when they sense an echo multiple times
they get very confused and start to panic, which over time can lead to stress
and depression.

How can you participate?

One of the most common problem with the ocean is that there is too
much trash. Litter is one of the most common
problems that can be fixed. Just by recycling and
property throwing away your trash ,and not just
leaving it where you may, can help the ocean
and its animals. This next example is for
smokers. When you flick your cigarette butt
outside, do you know where that ends up? Well
when it rains, the water carries the cigarette butt to the sewers, which
ends up in the ocean. But the
reason it is bad, is because the
chemicals in the cigarette butt is
deadly to the animals in the
ocean.

Facts:
71% of the Earths
surface
is water, but 96.5 of the Earth is made

of water.
Over twenty thousand dolphin slaughtering happen every year
30,000 dolphins are in captivity
Over 1 million marine life in the ocean today and of marine life

is unknown

ConclusionSo now that you know more about animal captivity, and that the
population of this matter is continually growing, what do
you
plan on
doing? After all the only thing that they have left are you. The simplest
things can make a difference such as, picking up trash or by taking
part in organisations that work to protect the ocean. Now that you
know what happens to dolphins in aquariums, do you still want to go
on that family trip? We take these animals for granted, so by going to a

marine life rescue can help save these animals and can help bring
them back to the wild.

Works Cited:
Cronin, Melissa. Meet the 16 year Old Girl Who is Fighting To Free Captive Orcas.
the dodothedodo.com.
29 July 2014. Web. 29 January 2016.

https://www.thedodo.com/meet-the-16-year-old-activist--647475701.html

OBarry, Lincoln. Ella Van Cleave.

thedolphinproject.net .
n.d. Web. January 30 2016.
https://dolphinproject.net/blog/post/team/ella-van-cleave/
n.o. Captivity.
us.whales.org
. n.d. January 30 2016
http://us.whales.org/wdc-in-action/captivity
Definitions- from google