According to SeaLife Brighton“Lulu and Gulliver are happily living out their retirement”, permanently submerged in water with no dry land or natural light.
Enduring disorientating artificial colour-changing light shows and a repetitive soundtrack.
Lulu was stolen from the sea over 80 years ago as a tiny turtle to appear in a tv soap commercial.
Held captive ever since and she's not seen the sea or her natural environment since.
Enduring disorientating artificial colour-changing light shows and a repetitive soundtrack.
Lulu was stolen from the sea over 80 years ago as a tiny turtle to appear in a tv soap commercial.
Held captive ever since and she's not seen the sea or her natural environment since.
WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?
Turtles live a long time, cover thousands of miles and lay thousands of eggs.
Sadly Lulu and Gulliver are unable to do that in their tiny tank.
SeaLife in UK aquariums has no chance to exhibit natural behaviour.
Instead, circling, head bobbing and spiralling.
All evidence of zoochosis due to stress and boredom.
We're calling for SeaLife Brighton to agree to Lulu and Gulliver being relocated to a sanctuary that would provide an environment as near to their native habitat as possible.
These animals have been held against their will all their lives and It’s time for them to experience the quality of life they deserve.
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Sealife belongs in the sea.
Not in tiny tanks.
Taken 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.
Breeding programmes only serve to keep tanks full, very few species bred in captivity actually make it back to the wild. Conservation claims are weak and aquariums don't help endangered species.
Not in tiny tanks.
Taken 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.
Breeding programmes only serve to keep tanks full, very few species bred in captivity actually make it back to the wild. Conservation claims are weak and aquariums don't help endangered species.
90% of fish need sunlight to live reads a poster in SeaLife, Brighton.
SeaLife 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.
79% of animals held in UK public aquariums have been taken from the wild and put into tanks.
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.
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.
SeaLife promotes activities such as animal petting which is not an ethical practice.
Chemicals used to clean the tanks and water are harmful to the animals.
Kids like to see all the fish from Disney’s Finding Nemo together in the same tank.
Pufferfish and Clownfish placed together cause the Clownfish to be eaten and regularly replaced
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Merlin Entertainments own SeaLife, 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.
Merlin Entertainments own SeaLife, 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.
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