About today’s campaign:
This month marks 30 years since the curtain came down on the last captive dolphin show in the UK. That’s three decades since whales and dolphins were forced to perform demeaning tricks for crowds at places like Flamingo Land, Windsor Safari Park and the end of Clacton pier. But it’s still not illegal here and UK holidaymakers still visit these cruel circuses abroad.
Keeping whales and dolphins in tanks for human entertainment is wrong. They are too intelligent, too emotionally complex, too social, too mobile and just too darned big to be confined like this.
We want the OMBLES to help us spread this important message and end it forever.
One Minute Brief of the Day:
Create posters to show that whales and dolphins should not be in tanks, make people think twice before buying tickets to whale or dolphin shows and help @whalesorg to #EndCaptivityForever.
Be as creative as you like … and accompany it with eye-catching headlines! You can enter as many times as you want too!
Just make sure you tweet to @OneMinuteBriefs and @whalesorg with the hashtag #EndCaptivityForever
Don’t forget to include your twitter handle in the bottom right-hand corner of your submissions.
Winner Prizes:
£200 cash & a year’s adoption of a wild, free UK dolphin
About WDC & the Campaign:
WDC is the leading global NGO dedicated to whales and dolphins.
We are lean, ambitious, impactful, and internationally respected.
We work across the whole spectrum of conservation threats, from climate breakdown to captivity. Whales and dolphins are awesome. They are intelligent beings, vital for the health of the ocean and planet. Humans have decimated their populations, inflicted suffering on individuals and wreaked havoc on their homes.
But it’s not too late. We can still help them recover and flourish and they can help us reconnect with the wild and repair the damage we have caused.
Save the whale. Save the world.
More info on this campaign:
https://uk.whales.org/our-4-goals/end-captivity/captivty-free-forever/
More info on captivity and why it sucks:
https://uk.whales.org/our-4-goals/end-captivity/
Links:
whales.org
https://twitter.com/whalesorg
https://www.facebook.com/whalesorg
https://www.instagram.com/whalesorg/
https://www.youtube.com/whalesorg
Campaign images below. Along with a couple of films about captivity for your reference.
