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KING OF AQUARIA says: "When I was a kid I met Sherry Collie and her little sister at the shopping center one Saturday afternoon to enjoy a travelling carnival that set up for the weekend. I had a crush on Sherry in the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th grades. There was an elephant and a camel tethered to the ground. I was horrified that the gnarly carnival 'barker' was using a 'gaff hook' to lead the poor pachyderm around. My dad had one in his boat when he fished for sharks! The disgusting carnival worker said something vulgar to me and my little girl friend. When Sherry's big brother, Bobby, came to take her home she told her brother what the carny said to us. Bobby decked him and broke his jaw! Cops came . . .we had something exciting to tell the kids Monday at school. Now I am glad to know there are laws protecting these animals today as there are protecting marine mammals."
King,
There is good and bad in everything. I don't know what you were looking at, but a bull hook is nothing at all like a "shark gaff". Possibly because you had seen a shark gaff, your young mind just "associated" what you were seeing. I ask you, is an animal happy if it is performing out of hunger/keeness as a sea mammal is, or is an animal happy if it is performing out of insistence as a horse is?
Wade
KING OF AQUARIA says: "Interesting, thought -provoking question. Some ancient Greek philosopher once said that 'the dolphin is the only animal that comes to man for companionship unlike a horse or dog who looks to man for food' or something like that."
King,
I think the Greek philosopher was being "wishful thinking romantic." Coming to and doing nothing, and coming to and doing something are two different deals. All animals in captivity depend on man for food. Even some in the wild if they are supplement fed.
Wade
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