<div><p>Not to ruin your day or anything, but the way dolphins get chosen for marine parks is probably one of the worst things in the world. </p><p>First off, it's how they pick the dolphins that's getting people outraged. Hundreds of wild dolphins are lured in to a "killing cove." Fishermen bang metal poles on their boats, which emits a sound that impairs dolphins' sonar abilities. </p><p>Once all the dolphins are gathered, fishermen choose the most attractive and youngest ones to use in aquariums and "swim with dolphin" attractions. Each dolphin sells for around $100,000. The others? Well, they are given a less-flashy fate. They are killed and used for meat, still in the water, right in front of their families. </p><p>The dolphins who are 'lucky' enough to make the cut are then transported to marine parks in less-than-ideal conditions. </p><div><figure><a href="https://www.facebook.com/cetabase/photos/a.1441582729219101.1073741853.381051485272236/1441584289218945/?type=3&theater" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/16992300_1441584289218945_1546388835795050868_o.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/16992300_1441584289218945_1546388835795050868_o_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/16992300_1441584289218945_1546388835795050868_o_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/16992300_1441584289218945_1546388835795050868_o_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/16992300_1441584289218945_1546388835795050868_o_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/16992300_1441584289218945_1546388835795050868_o_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="https://www.facebook.com/cetabase/photos/a.1441582729219101.1073741853.381051485272236/1441584289218945/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">Facebook</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>They're transported in dry holding pens, which can only add to the trauma of watching their families be killed. </p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>"They were born to swim free in the ocean, not to be packed into crates and shipped as cargo," Ric O'Barry, founder of <a href="https://dolphinproject.net/">Dolphin Project</a>, <a href="https://www.thedodo.com/taiji-dolphins-china-park-2297821361.html">said</a>. "For these wild dolphins, being pulled from the water and suspended in slings aboard a noisy airplane is bound to cause severe distress."</p><p>Now, dolphins can survive out of water for a little bit. But there's also the threat of overheating, not to mention the risk of not acclimatizing once they are brought to their final destination. </p><p>"Several of the dolphins appear (and I say 'appear' because, with the lanolin coating their skin, it's a bit hard to tell) to have several rake marks and scars on their bodies," Rose said. "This is not necessarily unusual in free-ranging dolphins, who often jockey for dominance, but again, it's more typical of adults. Juveniles would be less scarred or raked up. I worry that the ability of these older animals to adjust to captivity is compromised at the outset."</p><div><figure><a href="https://www.facebook.com/cetabase/photos/a.1441582729219101.1073741853.381051485272236/1441584112552296/?type=3&theater" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/16996409_1441584112552296_7611627068365806963_n.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/16996409_1441584112552296_7611627068365806963_n_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/16996409_1441584112552296_7611627068365806963_n_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/16996409_1441584112552296_7611627068365806963_n_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/16996409_1441584112552296_7611627068365806963_n_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="https://www.facebook.com/cetabase/photos/a.1441582729219101.1073741853.381051485272236/1441584112552296/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">Facebook</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>Dr. Heather Rally, a wildlife veterinarian, says taking dolphins and transporting them to a new life is not good for their health.</p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>"These terrified dolphins are taken from their families and ocean home and then subjected to the deadly perils of transport, including overheating, respiratory illness and even death," Rally <a href="https://www.thedodo.com/taiji-dolphins-china-park-2297821361.html">said</a>. "Dolphins transferred between facilities are at increased risk of death within the first 50 days of arrival, and if they survive, they'll face years of swimming in endless circles in a tiny concrete tank, denied everything that's natural and important to them "” just so that humans can gawk at them."</p><div><figure><a href="https://www.facebook.com/cetabase/photos/a.1441582729219101.1073741853.381051485272236/1441583635885677/?type=3&theater" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/17039382_1441583635885677_455611336296216512_o.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/17039382_1441583635885677_455611336296216512_o_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/17039382_1441583635885677_455611336296216512_o_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/17039382_1441583635885677_455611336296216512_o_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/17039382_1441583635885677_455611336296216512_o_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/17039382_1441583635885677_455611336296216512_o_GH_content_950px.jpg 950w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="https://www.facebook.com/cetabase/photos/a.1441582729219101.1073741853.381051485272236/1441583635885677/?type=3&theater" target="_blank">Facebook</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>This is just added to the list of reasons people are boycotting marine parks, but it really opens your eyes to just how poorly these animals are treated. </p><p>Did you know this is how marine parks get their animals? Let us know!</p><p></p></div>