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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 03:25 PM Original message |
Not only is the killer whale a wild animal, the one who "attacked" its trainer was a SLAVE. |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because of some work I got a chance for a meet and greet w/ an Orac ... |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 03:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. They're so intelligent, and so horribly exploited by the theme parks. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 04:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. Why doesn't PETA stand up for live animals instead of dead animals? |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 05:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. ? |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 05:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. You got me. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 06:03 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. Theme parks abuse whales, so it's PETA's fault? |
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RiverStone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:16 PM Response to Reply #2 |
74. Agreed!! Sad folks continue to promote this by attending the shows. |
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Raster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
3. Free Willy! |
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LA lady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 03:39 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Didn't work |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 05:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
31. Then Fillet Willy! |
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onecent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. Seems to be almost what dimson is trying to do with the middle |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 03:45 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. It's a good comparison. |
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canadianbeaver (929 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
6. Getting rid of all zoo's (animal prisons) and places that use |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 03:49 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. I have a dog, but believe having a dog and cat is totally different. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 04:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. No. Getting rid of all zoos in NOT the answer. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 04:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. PETA opposes ALL use of animals (even domestic ones). |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 06:03 PM Response to Reply #14 |
39. I can't see a problem with keeping slaves as fieldhands, as they were intended. |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 06:05 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Well struck. |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 08:45 PM Response to Reply #39 |
61. Some people 'keep' pigs as pets, most people eat them. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 12:02 AM Response to Reply #39 |
64. Considering my occupation? |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 06:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
47. And I any many thinking people oppose PETA |
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fleabert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 08:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
59. there are zoos that take in many animals that would be killed otherwise |
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ronnie624 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:04 AM Response to Reply #13 |
66. Actually, |
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JacksonWest (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 04:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Zoos are not prisons. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 05:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. Zoos are often cruel not by intent but by virtue of being zoos. |
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fleabert (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 08:44 PM Response to Reply #34 |
60. But some zoos don't do what you are saying. |
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PaDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 05:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
28. well now you're sounding like Bill Frist........... |
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canadianbeaver (929 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:46 PM Response to Reply #28 |
72. Yeah.....I am a cat killer.....get real |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 03:38 PM Response to Reply #72 |
79. Humans DON'T get to decide. |
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canadianbeaver (929 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 03:48 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. so true.....mother nature will be takin care of the pests that |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 07:47 AM Response to Reply #6 |
69. Some qualifications: |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 08:39 AM Response to Reply #6 |
70. So, how do we test medicines? |
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canadianbeaver (929 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:56 PM Response to Reply #70 |
73. We don't use our minds enough.... |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #73 |
75. We actually use just about all of our brains |
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canadianbeaver (929 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:47 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. The way the world is going....I'd have to disagree..... |
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Annces (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. A lot of the people who work with orcas in those theme parks really love animals |
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kaiden (811 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 05:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. Please go to www.killerwhaletales.org. |
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mondo joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. But they pale beside the number of dog and cat slaves. |
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Kingshakabobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 06:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
44. My dog is keeping me as a slave...... |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 06:18 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. lol! I've got one like that. |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 03:40 PM Response to Reply #44 |
80. My cat's the same way.... |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 04:47 PM Response to Reply #44 |
84. What a face! Too cute! |
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happydreams (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
11. It does kind of bother me how killer whales |
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JacksonWest (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
12. Stop comparing animals in captivity to slaves. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 04:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Agreed. |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 04:20 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. I respect your view, but disagree. |
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JacksonWest (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 04:33 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. It's not really enslavement. |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 05:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. I'm aware that I can't save the world. I still do what I can to help. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:53 PM Response to Reply #30 |
54. "How can we expect a country that doesn't even value human beings |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 04:57 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. It's not such a bad analogy when talking about such high-intelligence |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 06:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
45. And Primates |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 05:50 PM Response to Reply #12 |
32. Agreed. n/t |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 04:13 PM Response to Original message |
16. It's a fancy pants fish. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
19. The killer whale didn't go crazy. The killer whale went killer whale. |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:02 PM Response to Reply #19 |
48. I didn't say he (she?) went "crazy". S/he reacted, imo, the way many enslaved creatures might, |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:05 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. Um... |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:08 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. Sorry. |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:12 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. No worries |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 08:31 PM Response to Reply #51 |
55. At the risk of revealing my uncoolness, |
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WilliamPitt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 08:36 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. I bet you do know him |
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wtmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 04:33 PM Response to Original message |
21. If only it was free like the stingray that killed Steve Irwin |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
23. Whales Have Highly Evolved Brains.... |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
29. what i find amusing about this |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 05:51 PM Response to Reply #29 |
33. Yup. "Snail Darter? F*ck 'em". n/t |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 06:00 PM Response to Reply #29 |
35. Do you want your award mailed to you, or will you pick it up? |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 06:08 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Also |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 06:05 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. At least PETA is concerned |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 06:07 PM Response to Reply #29 |
42. You have to start at the beginning. |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:32 PM Response to Reply #29 |
52. Yeah, and people aren't lining up to see naked mole rats perform tricks at theme parks. |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
36. STOP THE ANIMAL SLAVERY!! |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
37. Check out "Lolita: Slave to Entertainment" |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
53. Some years ago I went with a friend to the Tacoma Zoo and was horrified. |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 08:35 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. OMG, how incredibly horrible. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 08:47 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. I went to one of those, too. Cried for days afterwards. |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 09:26 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Alaska shouldn't promote these horror shows as tourist attractions. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 09:39 AM Response to Reply #63 |
71. I loved the Musk Ox farm. |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-30-06 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
58. So long, and thanks for all the fish. |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 01:27 AM Response to Original message |
65. funny, i loathe orcas like some loathe cockroaches... |
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symbolman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
67. I agree, they are SLAVES |
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MoonRiver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 06:51 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Thanks for that wonderful and informative post! |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 03:22 PM Response to Reply #67 |
77. Aw, sman, ya had me then ya lost me. |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 04:13 PM Response to Reply #67 |
82. Holographically? |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
78. Anyone who participates in turning an animal into a parlor trick deserves what they get. |
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gravity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-01-06 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
83. Does anyone care about the seals? |
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