Marine Land - what they had to say!

As you know I've emailed Marine Land, and after several days they finally responded. Their response did tick me off quite a bit, just the way they tried to justify themselves, but in my opinion they failed in doing so. I won't print out my whole email, because it will take to much time and you can't paste anything on so I will give you parts of what I wrote. The whole point of my email was that these animals don't belong in captivity, because dolphins in particular travel miles upon miles every day. In no way can an aquarium satisfy their needs. I clearly stated why they don't belong in these tanks, and this is how Marine Land responded: "all of our marine mammal pools meet or exceed the standard sizes set out by the U.S Marine Mammal Protection Act". Why would I care what the expectations are? Is that suppose to make me like you, or something. Cause I don't. I don't care what the expectations are, it doesn't matter. The tanks are WAY to small considering these animals history of travelling miles each day. Are you really that ignorant that you don't realize what you're doing to these animals. I know that it's all about the shows, money and publicity. You don't care about any environmental issues, because places like you are fueling the death of these animals. They stated "Please be assured that MarineLand is committed to the unparalleled care of all of our animals. Marine Land's staff members consider the animals at our park to be family members." This statement scared me the most reading through the email. Family? Is that suppose to be some kind of sick joke? I know my family doesn't trap me in a tank starving me to perform tricks. I don't know if I'm the only one here, but do your families starve you? Maybe MarineLand should look up the definition of family, because what they think what means, they're totally wrong. I wish they would show how they teat their animals behind closed doors. No animals performs tricks on it's on will. Not one. I know I've said this before, but I'll say it again. Dolphins have committed suicide due to MarineLand's recklessness. They get stomach ulcers due to the high stress levels. MarineLand also stated that it's a learning experience, and it gives people a touch of natures side. That it allows them to interact and see things that they probably wouldn't see any where else. I'm pretty sure that there are better alternatives then making hundreds of animals suffer due to society wanting some entertainment every once in a while. Marine Land said " You Activists seem to always point out the drawbacks." HELLO! Maybe if you didn't have so many draw back then maybe we wouldn't point them out. Is the only good thing you have to offer is "education", because that's all you seemed to point out in your response. When I emailed them back for the second time ( still haven't got a response yet ) I asked how they train their dolphins, I bet you they will say something to the effect of having experienced trainings. That's the only thing they can say, since they know that they do starve their animals. Remember " Everybody Love Marine Land!" Obviously they haven't met a lot of people.