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A circle of life between a marine mammal and its trainer || ==Many people think it is perfectly normal for humans and animals to die. Some reasons for them dyeing are not normal. The reason I am talking about is captivity. Humans also die from animal captivity. Yes humans die from animals being in captivity. Over the past years a number of people have died for a cause due to marine mammals. Also a number of marine mammals have died because of humans. Humans can stop this death circle in many ways. Marine mammals are killing their trainers. They are killing trainers when only the trainers are with them. We are killing marine mammals because of the chemicals in the water. Another major reason of death to marine mammals is boredem. They can crack their skull and die by hitting their head against the tank. We can stop this kind of death. The way we can stop this is letting the animals free in their natural habitat. If they go back to the ocean people will stop dying because of the animals, and they will stop dying because of humans. Step up and take a change to our world, stop going to zoo's, and go see them in their real habitat. You should only go see them in shelters when they are hurt so that we can help them get back to normal and get better.== || ||
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Marine Mammal Facts || ||   || **Marine Mammals Captivity in the World Today**

Marine mammal captivity is very bad.Here are some facts you may not know about marine mammals. Marine mammals live for different time periods depending where they live. For example dolphins and orcas live for a different period of time in the ocean then in captivity. When in the ocean dolphins live for twenty-five to fifty years. When held in captivity dolphins usually die the first two years of their captivity life. Female orcas live for fifty to ninety years when in the ocean. Male orcas live in the ocean for thirty to sixty years. When held in captivity orcas die the first ten years of captivity. Marine mammals live a longer life when in the ocean than when they are held in captivity. People should not keep animals held captive in marine parks or any other parks/zoos.

Many marine mammals are held captive each year. These animals include dolphins, orcas (killer whales), and sea cows. Marine parks are like zoos or aquariums for mammals that live in the ocean. People like seeing animals to learn about them and for the entertainment. Every year marine mammals are taken from their home by humans.

Sea mammals can get many diseases from the chlorified water. One disease they can get is pneumonia. They can very easily die from this disease. Marine mammals can also get eye irritations. Like humans when we swim for a long period of time our eyes turn red and they can hurt. Imagine having to swim your whole life, that is what these animals have to live with. They can get eye irritations from the chemicals they put in the water. Like pools that we swim in, the marine parks put many different chemicals in the water. They put chemicals in the water like chlorine. Sea mammals may also become sick from shock or stress. This may happen because the trainers make them work to hard. Another problem that sea mammals get is skin problems. They can get many of the same skin problems that we do. Orcas and dolphins get many skin problems each year. These skin problems are a result of over-chlorified water. These are just some of the diseases that sea mammals get while in captivity.

Marine mammals can also have many family splits and reproduction problems. Sea mammals like dolphins and orcas stay with their mothers for their entire life. Captivity interferes with their family. If you put marine mammals in captivity they get split up from there family because the tanks we put them in are only big enough for one of them not there whole family. Captivity also interferes with reproduction problems. Many times orcas and dolphins will abort their babies when in captivity. The animals abort babies when they have pneumonia. Even though this could make them die it could stop them from many things like this. Captivity causes family splits and reproduction problems. Captivity causes boredom for many sea mammals. In the sea dolphins and orcas normally swim 35 to 100 miles a day. When in a tank they can only swim in circles. They get bored from swimming in circles over and over and over again. They also have to do this every day until they die. This is also a horrible way to treat these animals. In marine parks the tanks are only 24 by 29 feet wide. The tanks are also only 6 feet deep. If they get to bored they may die. Marine animals can die from this because they will start banging their heads against the sides of the tanks. Many marine mammals get very bored in marine parks.

Many people think marine mammals should be held captive in marine parks because it educates the public. Some people can see the animals in training when they go to the marine parks. What they don’t see is that the animals can be really mean, sometimes they will kill their trainers. This is one of the horrible thing about having animals in captivity. Young children don’t see many things when they go to a marine park or aquarium. One thing that children don’t see is that the animals don’t behave normally. They only act nice and innocent when preforming. Also another thing that children don’t see is that the marine mammals is the bonding between their pods. When out in the ocean they bond with their families, but when in the marine parks they don’t have family to bond with. Many people think we should put animals in marine parks because of the education.

Marine mammal captivity is a very bad and horrible thing in the United States. Many marine mammals die each year from being in marine parks. Marine mammals get many diseases from captivity. Marine mammals can also have reproduction problems or family splits from being in captivity. Also these mammals die of boredom. We need to step up and stop this tragedy happening in the world. Some ways to stop this tragedy is you can stop going to marine parks. If people like us stop going to marine parks they will have to close the parks. Also if we stop going to the parks they would have to return the mammals to their natural habitats (the ocean). Another way to stop marine mammal captivity is to go on cruses. When going on cruses you can have fun and see many animals. If we go on a cruse we can see the animals we would normally see in marine parks, but in their habitats they belong in. We as humans need to stop marine mammal captivity.