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1. Are dolphins who are captured and then put into dolphinariums and required to perform for human audiences “enslaved?”

Suggested Response:

Reasonable minds will differ on this question. Richard O’Barry, one of the foremost dolphin trainers in the world, would say that they are.

He contends that dolphins are intelligent beings who know the difference between life in the open sea and life in captivity and who grieve their losses.

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Dolphins experience sensory deprivation in captivity not unlike people who are placed in solitary confinement. Since dolphins in dolphinariums are required to perform in order to eat, they are being required to perform forced labor. That’s just like slavery. The definition of slavery is usually reserved for human beings but is there any reason not to extend it to highly intelligent beings such as dolphins?

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