We explore the potential harms of confinement in zoos and aquariums on the brains of elephants and cetaceans. We discuss the general brain mechanisms that come into play in all animals who are forced to live in chronically stressful, impoverished and highly artificial environments.
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Dr. Lori Marino, President of the Whale Sanctuary Project, and Charles Vinick, Executive Director, will talk about the four questions you need to ask before visiting any sanctuary. If the answer to any of them is Yes, then it’s not an authentic sanctuary.
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Soon after sperm whales started being hunted down mercilessly with harpoons, the success of the whalers dropped dramatically. What happened? The whales learned to foil the hunters. Better yet, they taught their neighboring populations how to do it, too.
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