Wake Bali Captive Dolphins

Four dolphins are being kept in a 10mx20m chlorinated pool at the Wake Bali resort. In the exhibit, tourists are allowed to pet and hug the dolphins, which have gone nearly blind from the chlorine. On top of that, the pool in which they are kept overlooks the ocean, as if the conditions were not cruel enough.

Dolphins are highly intelligent and sentient creatures that have the ability to form complex family ties and a language outside of our comprehension. To keep them confined and drenched in chemicals is inhumane and wrong.

I don't feel that this post needs to be extremely long because the photos and logic speak for themselves.

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Daily Mail article

Sylvia Earle's TED Wish

Please take the time to watch this, her speech is phenomenal and this is SO important to everything on this planet.

The UNICEF Tap Project

Though this blog is largely dedicated to helping animals, humanity often lacks compassion towards those of its own species. I stumbled upon this UNICEF Tap Project today and I am absolutely in love with it. It's kind of fun and interesting to see how long I can go without moving my phone and the fact that putting down my iPhone for just 10 minutes a day can provide 1 day of clean water to someone in need is so intriguing.

If you want to try it out visit the UNICEF Tap Project website here, and don't worry- it's free! Donation is optional of course but I find the no-phone thing to be more fun.