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izzittho t1_jbuot5s wrote

Reply to comment by EmotionalSuportPenis in Kiska, sometimes know as the world’s loneliest orca, has died at Marineland by waitingforthesun92

This is basically what a lot of actually good zoos do. And for threatened/endangered species, they work on breeding programs, often with other good zoos, to get individuals re-released into the wild to re-establish populations.

The zoo part of it all basically exists for awareness/fundraising for all of that - they let the public see and get to know/love the animals so they can see the importance of protecting/saving them, and generally only keep long-term any animals that just cannot be released, with the goal of actually minimizing the amount that they need to keep. I think that’s a good thing.

You can really see the difference in their behavior and in the enclosure designs and everything. For one, you can’t always see the animals, which is exactly how it should be. They’re allowed to hide when they want, are never alone except for animals that prefer to live alone (some lizards, etc.) Basically, zoos can be good. Captivity generally isn’t the best place for any wild animal, but given the amount that already exist there, there are a lot of zoos that are taking it in an ultimately good direction.

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Plant__Eater t1_jbufjun wrote

Reply to Kiska, sometimes know as the world’s loneliest orca, has died at Marineland by waitingforthesun92

If you want to take action to help animals like Kiska, one way to do so is by supporting Animal Justice.[1] From their website:

>Animal Justice is the only organization of its kind making sure that animals have a legal voice in Canada. Our team of compassionate lawyers and advocates fight for stronger legal protections for animals.[2]

They've filed legal complaints against Marineland at least twice in the past: once on behalf of Kiska[3] and once for specific instances of using cetaceans in entertainment[4] after laws were put into effect making it illegal to do so.[5] (As part of a bill that Animal Justice helped champion.)[6]

They currently have a petition going to prosecute Marineland for unlawful distress inflicted on Kiska.[7]

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sayterdarkwynd t1_jbtz1zt wrote

Reply to comment by kayl_breinhar in Kiska, sometimes know as the world’s loneliest orca, has died at Marineland by waitingforthesun92

It does. We went for a company outing years ago and dubbed the place Animal Auschwitz for a reason.

In the deer pen there were at least 6 deer bleeding openly, one of which was missing a fucking leg. Like, freshly so. It was still bleeding. No keepers to be seen.

There was a bear enclosure and the only thing people were provided to feed them was corn pops. Sugary cereal they do not eat in nature. And they *really* wanted that sugary crack.

And then the aquatic pens....ugh. Those poor animals. Imagine being shoved into a bathtub and constantly having giant crowds of people fawning over you who won't shut the hell up, and they are your only company.

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kylogram t1_jbtrm8r wrote

Reply to comment by UncannyTarotSpread in Kiska, sometimes know as the world’s loneliest orca, has died at Marineland by waitingforthesun92

Most zoos do actually great work and are responsible for a great deal of the animal population recovery that has happened in the last several decades.

Places like Marineland are outliers and should be closed down, outlawed and heavily fined. Frankly, the owners should be in jail, but that's never gonna happen.

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GTdspDude t1_jbtof87 wrote

Reply to comment by Boofaholic_Supreme in Lasell University Student Steals $547,000 in Credit Card Scam by mass1080

Yeah that sounds miserable, but I’m sure those employees also likely had nothing useful they could do for you as I imagine you stumbled into a series of SW if/then loops that took you down this bad path.

This is one reason why (if you have self control) it’s useful to increase credit limits (another being keeping utilization %’s low) - often times people ask “why bother, I don’t need it”.

Edit: not as a commentary on you by the way, just general observation - your situation I’d just log as unfortunate

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Boofaholic_Supreme t1_jbtk93x wrote

Reply to comment by GTdspDude in Lasell University Student Steals $547,000 in Credit Card Scam by mass1080

It was one of those experiences that left me feeling like I was in the Twilight Zone. I’m guessing at that time (early 2017 now that i think of it) while the $3K transaction was being attempted, BoA calculated my available credit as $credit limit minus the $ i’d charged and not paid, but the charged amount couldnt be negative. The $1K prepayment was completely cleared and on the app said -$1000 balance and once the $2500 transaction owed balance was the correct $1500 with $1000 left to spend. It just took a couple days post-transaction. Too long to wait hence borrowing and using another card for the remainder. It just seemed to be a really stupid feature during the authorization &/or processing end of things.

The conversations with BOA’s employees were what really left me scratching my head and doubting reality but I no longer remember many details of them. It was a lot of “that’s another department,” among whatever else.

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