Against Whalesharks In Captivity At Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore

Dear Divers,

Please lend your support to the cause:

Against Whale Sharks in Captivity - Resorts World at Sentosa Petition

Help spread the word.

Thank you.

Just got word that over 2,000 have signed the petition this week!

Keep it up!

Was just going to p[ost it myself, heard 3000 now. But they will REALLY listen to international people. As the aquariam is aimed at international people!


This was what I was going to post....
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A resort here is intending to import whale sharks (from Australia?) to put into it's aquarium. It's a big aquarium granted, but FFS nothing is big enough for whale sharks that migrate thousands of miles every year. The real reason, is this organisation want the biggest aquarium, with the most fish, and the biggest headlines.

It is simple, calculated, money making. 'Wah, got Whale sharks lah!' (the locals will probably want to fin them and eat it as soup).

Whether the sharks die is secondary to the promoters really I think, and the sharks probably will, quite quickly.

Please, if you have a minute, register your opinion on this. Scratch the template reply on the petition... and just point out that keeping whale sharks in an aquariam is a lousy environmental idea... but use you own thoughts and ideas. A personal post always has more impact on a petition than a generic template.

There is local protest here in Singapore (3,000 people so far), but the locals are not exactly known for kindness to animals (or fellow humans, come to that). An international aspect to the protest would really hit home much harder I think: As it is precisely international visitors that this resort/aquarium is aiming for...

Thanks!... please feel free to copy to other diving forums...



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[Petition description]
Resorts World at Sentosa wants to import whale sharks for the attraction and entertainment of visitors. Whale sharks are vulnerable to extinction and have never done well in captivity. They can grow as large as two city buses, migrate thousands of kilometers in the wild, and live up to a hundred years. It is just plain cruel to keep them in glass cages.

Whale sharks have never fared well in captivity. Two whale sharks died within five months of each other at the Georgia Aquarium.

Write to the Minister of National Development, the Singapore Tourism Board and Resorts World at Sentosa before this tragedy happens on our shores.

There is also a Facebook page:

I will boycott Resorts World Sentosa and its Marine Life Park. I will boycott Resorts World Sentosa and its Marine Life Park. | Facebook

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At the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, Japan.

"From 1980 to 1998, 16 whale sharks (14 males; 2 females) had been kept here and to this day 3 whale sharks are on exhibit. The sharks were all captured around Okinawa Island by set-nets during the months of March to September and ranged in size from 3.1 to 6.3 m weighing between 290 to 1750 kg.

The sharks were kept in the 27 X 12 X 3.5m Kurosio tank with the water temperature kept between 19.8 to 29.60C, matching environmental conditions during capture. Survival times ranged from as little as 3 days to the current record of nearly 10 years, dependant on their initial condition on arrival, as some animals had been injured during capture."

Whale Sharks in Captivity

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Against Whale Sharks in Captivity - Resorts World at Sentosa Petition