As summer graciously departs, making way for autumn temperatures, so does the aquarium industry's grip on our tourist and recreation dollars. For myself, fall also signifies a time I can return to my television, without being inundated with ads promoting captive dolphin displays.
With our planet showing more and more signs of fragility, wouldn't our time be better spent in some volunteer capacity, protecting and preserving natural spaces and species? In the case of dolphins and whales, extracting these freedom-loving creatures and relegating them to a life of stagnation and sterility is worse than death.
