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Re:Vancouver bans whales and dolphins at aquarium by giarc on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @09:53AM (#14358415)
>This ban will result in many of those animals being left to die instead

I think that is hyperbole. They are only banning the whales, not all the other animals that are helped by the aquarium. I was at the aquarium this last summer. There's much more to it than the beluga whales. Sure some people will choose not to go once the whales are gone, but there's still tons of other things to see.

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Re:Vancouver bans whales and dolphins at aquarium by djeikyb on Wednesday May 17, 2017 @03:16PM (#14361849)
It elides the argument, but it's not hyperbole. Agitating groups like peta want to end animal captivity, completely. They believe humane captivity is a moral contradiction, extending to domestic cats and dogs.
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