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PETA sues Sea World over "slavery"

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BUCKYLE said:
I've watched Blackfish. I'm not a big animal rights guy.

The way in which the animals have been treated is disgusting
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I have not seen Blackfish. I am not an animal rights guy either.

To take an intelligent animal, with different dialects in different parts of the world, pull it out of an endless ocean it lives in, and to put that animal in an isolation tank, forcing it to learn 'tricks' for fish is totally ridiculous.

I have been listening to too much Joe Rogan.

I don't think putting intelligent animals in isolation is a good practice for humans to partake in. Just my IMO.. IMO.
 
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Just FYI, if you're referring to Tilikum, all of the inhumane treatment (the completely dark isolation tank, etc.) happened with him well before SeaWorld had him. I've not seen Blackfish, but I know a bit about SEA's operations and history, and their care for the animals they have is above-board as far as I know and have heard. Most of the trainers in question in the film generally have a short/troubled history with regards to their employment, and I am less inclined to take their stories at face-value (many of which have been stated in other locations, so most are not "new.
 
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Another PETA lawsuit:

US court rules selfie monkey can't own photo copyright

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A US judge has ruled that a macaque monkey who snapped grinning selfies that went viral last year online does not own the copyright to the photographs.

Activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals brought the case in San Francisco on behalf of Indonesian simian Naruto, who shot to fame last year after a photographer published pictures taken by the monkey with his camera.

PETA petitioned the court to have the macaque "declared the author and owner of his photograph."

But in a preliminary ruling Wednesday, Judge William Orrick said that "while Congress and the President can extend the protection of law to animals as well as humans, there is no indication that they did so in the Copyright Act."
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In filing the lawsuit, PETA had argued that "US copyright law doesn't prohibit an animal from owning a copyright, and since Naruto took the photo, he owns the copyright, as any human would."

Entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/us-court-rules-selfie-monkey-cant-own-photo-140415025.html
 
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PETA wants to replace Punxsutawney Phil with coin toss

The animal rights group PETA wants to replace Punxsutawney Phil, the iconic Groundhog Day weather forecaster, with a gold coin. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club’s president Tom Dunkel urging him to swap out Pennsylvania’s most famous...
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The animal rights group PETA wants to replace Punxsutawney Phil, the iconic Groundhog Day weather forecaster, with a gold coin.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club’s president Tom Dunkel urging him to swap out Pennsylvania’s most famous groundhog for a gold coin on next Friday’s Groundhog Day. PETA called for Punxsutawney Phil to be allowed to live the rest of his life at a sanctuary.

The group argued Phil’s weather predictions are no more reliable than a coin toss.

“Groundhogs can’t make heads or tails of the weather forecast and shouldn’t be jostled around by large members of a different species and thrust in front of noisy crowds for a photo op,” PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said in a statement. “PETA is urging The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club to send Phil to a reputable sanctuary that will give him the care he needs and not treat him as a wildlife prop.”

The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, which was established in 1887, includes a 15-member inner circle “whose task it is to protect and perpetuate the legend of the great weather-predicting groundhog Punxsutawney Phil,” according to the organization’s website.
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Tomateaux Quinoa Gumbeaux said:
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PETA wants to replace Punxsutawney Phil with coin toss

The animal rights group PETA wants to replace Punxsutawney Phil, the iconic Groundhog Day weather forecaster, with a gold coin. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club’s president Tom Dunkel urging him to swap out Pennsylvania’s most famous...
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Live his life in a sanctuary? Where the fuck do they think he is for 364 days a year? Let him have his moment.
 
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