DOLPHINS IN CAPTIVITY There is also the issue of dolphins in captivity; dolphins are social and intelligent beings with advanced echolocation, which means they can ‘see’ for great distances. Locking dolphins in water tanks equivalent to dark dungeons has resulted in many dolphin suicides, where they just sink and stop
Animals in Entertainment
Diskoers Breakfast Show: The Relevance of Zoos
Beauty Without Cruelty was on a breakfast show recently discussing the relevance of zoos. (Afrikaans and English)
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Dog Racing
Dog racing has been illegal in South Africa since 1949. We oppose all forms of animal racing, rodeos and animals in entertainment and we are most strongly opposed to the proposal to legalise dog racing after more than 70 years! BWC was present at the last public hearings in Cape
Zoos
We do not agree with the idea of incarcerating animals for entertainment, we do not have a right to breed, capture and confine other animals An endangered species doesn’t mean that the individual animals should have fewer rights. In the month of October 2013, a Sumatran tiger cub, the first
Elephants
For centuries elephants have been persecuted and slaughtered by man for their ivory, and in more recent times other body parts of these great beasts have also been turned into ridiculous curios such as elephant foot coffee tables and elephant tail fly whisks. Across Africa and Asia, man-made boundaries