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To: Brighton & Hove City Council
Close SeaLife Brighton
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Dear Sir/Madam,
We are petitioning for Sealife Brighton to be closed and its licence removed because of the suffering and abuse of animals in aquariums.No tank can replicate the natural environment needed for these creatures to exhibit normal behaviour.
Space is the most obvious failure. For example, sharks travel hundreds of miles yet in SeaLife Brighton all they can do is swim in tight circles and are overfed to keep them docile.
Green turtles need beaches to rest on, lay eggs and the open ocean to swim in yet Lulu the turtle at Brighton SeaLife has been held in a tank for over 80 years. All the fish species in SeaLife are in cramped conditions, never to experience the sea again and will die in SeaLife.
The only conservation is some breeding so that other SeaLife aquariums in the UK have a steady supply of animals. No creatures are set free.
It is time this place was closed.It is unethical and outdated, surely something Brighton doesn't want to be associated with. The building could be used by Merlin Entertainment as a dinosaur museum, an attraction that children of tourists and locals would delight in and no animal would have to suffer and die for human entertainment.
Please consider revoking the Sealife licence. The animals can either be released or sent to caring sanctuaries and we would ensure that happens at no cost to the council.
Yours faithfully
CloseSeaLife.com
Why is this important?
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SEA LIFE BELONGS IN THE SEA
STOLEN FROM THEIR NATURAL HABITATS LIKE THE GREAT BARRIER REEF AND FORCED TO TRAVEL THOUSANDS OF MILES, ON A PERILOUS JOURNEY FOR THEIR DELICATE BODIES. OFTEN RESULTING IN THEM DYING.
SEA LIFE IN CAPTIVITY IN UK AQUARIUMS HAVE NO CHANCE TO EXHIBIT NATURAL BEHAVIOUR, INSTEAD PACING, CIRCLING, HEAD BOBBING SPIRALLING, IS ALL EVIDENCE OF ZOOCHOSIS. DUE TO T0 STRESS AND BOREDOM.
BREEDING PROGRAMMES ONLY SERVE TO KEEP TANKS FULL, VERY FEW SPECIES BRED IN CAPTIVITY MAKE IT BACK TO THE WILD, CONSERVATION CLAIMS ARE WEAK, AND AQUARIUMS DON'T HELP ENDANGERED SPECIES, IT’S NOT EDUCATION IT’S ENTERTAINMENT.
LULU THE SEA TURTLE IN SEA LIFE BRIGHTON HAS BEEN STOLEN FROM THE SEA OVER EIGHTY YEARS AGO AS A TINY TURTLE TO APPEAR IN A TV SOAP COMMERCIAL. HELD CAPTIVE EVER SINCE AND SHE'S NEVER SEEN THE SEA OR HER NATURAL HABITAT. TURTLES LIVE A LONG TIME, AND NORMALLY COVER THOUSANDS OF MILES, LAYING THOUSANDS OF EGGS, YET SADLY LULU IS UNABLE TO DO THAT IN HER TINY TANK.
𓆟 90% of fish need sunlight to live reads a poster in SEA LIFE, Brighton. An underground prison with no windows, sunlight, disorientating lights and a relentless soundtrack.
𓆟 SEA LIFE Brighton used to house dolphins until public opinion changed causing a backlash. They were removed, only to be replaced by sharks among other larger species and sea turtles.
𓆟 79% of animals held in UK public aquariums have been taken from the wild and put into tanks.
𓆟 The myth that fish only have a 3-second memory recall has been proved untrue. Research shows fish recognise other fish, and human faces, talk to each other, remember feeding locations months after visiting them, form bonds with other fish and feel pain like humans do.
𓆟 Killing healthy unwanted animals in zoos and aquariums is common practice. The industry is reluctant to share figures for fear of public outrage and losing their licence.
𓆟 SEA LIFE promotes activities such as animal petting which is not an ethical practice.
𓆟 Chemicals used to clean the tanks and water are harmful to the animals.
𓆟 Kids like to see all the fish from Disney’s Finding Nemo together in the same tank. Pufferfish and Clownfish placed together caused the Clownfish to be eaten and regularly replaced.
𓆟 Merlin Entertainments own SEA LIFE, Alton Towers, Thorpe Park and Madame Tussauds. It was discovered in 2014 that they also own Changfeng Ocean World aquarium in Shanghai that kept 3 Beluga whales captive. Once exposed, Merlin announced they were rehoming the whales in a natural sea sanctuary. In 2012 Merlin also owned theme parks in Italy and Germany where dolphin shows took place. They promised they would be given to a dolphin sanctuary, instead, they were sold to zoos and other aquariums. Whales and dolphins are no longer held in captivity in the UK since the 1990s when legislation was passed to ban it, yet large and small species like turtles, rays, sharks and octopuses are still held captive in tanks too small for them.
Never visit SEA LIFE or any other aquarium.
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