Wie kann man SEA world abschaffen?

There is the animal welfare law in Germany. It prescribes that a holder must ensure the animal-friendly accommodation, nutrition and attitude of its animals. The animal welfare law applies to private owners as well as e.g. for a zoo. For zoos, the legal hurdles are even particularly high, as to obtain an operating permit, it must also be demonstrated that a minimum number of qualified personnel will take care of the animals.

The requirements of a posture must at least be met so that it can be considered to be art-friendly, can be taken from expert reports that the Federal Ministry of Agriculture has challenged. For mammals, this is the so-called “säugetiergutachten” (reports on the minimum requirements for the attitude of mammals) together with representatives: within zoos, animal welfare organisations and independent experts. It was last published in 2014 in a revised version. It is not legally binding, but all the authorities responsible for the approval procedures and the monitoring are based on it. The requirements are already included in the planning of new plants and are usually significantly exceeded by the zoos. The report, for example, prescribes 2200 m3 of the total volume of the pelvis used by all animals in the position of large pigs; in Nuremberg, for example, it is more than doubled with 5460.30 m3.

In addition, the dolphins in the zoos are no longer removed from nature. In Nuremberg there are only two dolphins of wildcats, all the others are human-born rearings.

In addition, dolphins in zoos serve not only for pleasure. They are also researched – the knowledge thus gained can be used in turn to better protect the natural habitats of the dolphins and to continuously improve the attitude. It is possible to carry out research with the animals in the zoo that would not be possible in the form of the sea – for example cognition tests to learn more about the intelligence of these animals.

Now, of course, you can argue. In principle, Sea World would also be bound by the Animal Protection Act, but Seaworld does not operate any dolphinarium in this country. I have to confess that I see Seaworld critical – the animals there serve exclusively for pleasure and are therefore nothing else than visitor attractions. There is no research.

What can you do about it? Well, just don’t visit when you travel abroad.