Don't Buy a Ticket to a Dolphin Show

"The dolphin smile is nature's greatest deception," says dolphin activist Ric O'Barry. "It creates the illusion that they're always happy. I think this multibillion-dollar captivity industry is built on that optical illusion."

Capturing a dolphin in the open ocean is often a traumatic and violent endeavor Then most captive dolphins live a depressed existence in a minuscule tank that contains chemically treated, artificial seawater.

Even the largest aquarium tanks severely restrict a dolphin's highly developed sense of sonar, and when a dolphin performs tricks in an aquarium show, it is most likely because it has been deprived of food and is hungry for a mackeral or cod reward.

Do the right thing.

Don't buy a ticket to a dolphin show.

Ever.