Monday 7 April 2014

Vegas Trip, Dolphin "habitat", and conflicted feelings.

So in two weeks i'll be headed outside the country to go to vegas. now its not my first time out of canada, but it's my first time setting foot on american soil. already i want to do so much there - see cirque du soleil (yknow at least 4 performances... gotta support my fellow CANADIENS, BABY!), shove food in my face at like... 4 places, and .. DO CSI EXPERIENCE ! BOOYAH! and the 4d rides... and SWIM <3

But then when i looked around online i noticed there was a "secret garden and dolphin habitat" there.. and it looked like they were captive dolphins that do tricks on command.. which i am not a fan of.
then i got to thinking... the people i'm going with are probably gonna go there to see the dolphins. and possibly swim with. would i envy them? maybe. it's always been a childhood/lifelong dream of mine just to be with them. who wouldn't give to swim with one of the world's most amazing creatures. well, here's where i start to feel conflicted.
Even though i want to swim with them there (i mean the door just opened itself up to me), I WOULDN'T. Here's why;

1- I know the way they were obtained was probably illegal.
2- I know it's cruel to keep them inside a dinky chlorinated pool.
3- NO WAY IN HELL would I ever support an industry that keeps animals and makes then do tricks on command. It's not a habitat then - it's a circus.
4- well you all know my dolphin history.

Am i willing to throw my dream of swimming with them away? in this situation, yes. Ideally, I would love to swim with them, but i want it to be in the wild. if i pay to go into those places, i will be guilty for the rest of my life. it will be like paying prison guards to keep them in their tiny pools for the rest of their lives to entertain people. i can't deal. although i do admit, if i ever am dragged into those places and be forced to swim with them, i would probably cry.
1- cry happy tears,
2- cry sad tears, and
3- be conflicted about my feelings and cry of confusion.

With that said, i know better. and i shall refuse to go there.