PETA US has sent a box of vegan, dolphin shaped chocolates to HSBC today after pulling its ad that featured a child kissing a dolphin in captivity.
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The bank made their decision after learning that dolphins are highly intelligent creatures who endure stress, both emotional and physical, when they are in captivity for the sake of swim with dolphin experiences.
"Dolphins belong in the ocean, not in tiny concrete tanks", says PETA Director Mimi Bekhechi. "HSBC made the right call in dropping this ad, and PETA encourages people everywhere to steer clear of any business that exploits captive marine mammals for profit."
PETA - whose motto reads, in part, that "animals are not ours to use for entertainment" - notes that captivity takes its toll on dolphins over time. They can suffer from painful conditions such as stomach ulcers and many die prematurely.
A lot of marine parks offer a 'swim with dolphins event'. To offer such an 'attraction', dolphins are taken from the wild, often when they are young and stolen from their mothers during the yearly Japanese dolphin hunt.
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