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Resorts World in Singapore: More Action!
Resorts World in Singapore: More Action!
By Ric O’Barry
Campaign Director
Save Japan Dolphins
Earth Island Institute
Thanks to everyone who has taken action on The Saddest Dolphins Campaign, http://www.saddestdolphins.com . Working with our partner, Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES), we have collected over half a million names protesting Resorts World Sentosa's capture and continued confinement of 25 wild dolphins caught by the horrendous practice of herding dolphins onto the beach in the Solomon Islands!
Now it's time to take it to the next level. Please call or e-mail the Resorts World corporate offices and ask them to reconsider their plans and return these dolphins to the wild where they belong:
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John Hallenbeck |
VP Operations |
65 6407 8833 |
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Robin Goh |
Media Contact |
65 9093 5772 or 65 6577 9778 |
Be polite, but firm. Encourage them to take their guests out on the open seas to watch dolphins and whales in the wild, rather than cruel captive-based swim-with-programs. They have an opportunity to do the right thing here and be a shining beacon of what's possible. I have to believe that they would be far more successful in their operations if they avoid the easy buck and show themselves to be responsible and green!
Next please call or e-mails their shareholders:
Genting Overseas Holdings Limited
Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay
Executive Director/Chairman
852 2317 7133
Tan Hee Teck
CEO of RWS / Genting Board
852 2317 7133
Justin Tan Wah Joo
Board Managing Director
852 2317 7133
Tjong Yik Min
Board of Directors
852 2317 7133
Peter Malcolm Brooks
UK Executive Deputy Chairman
44 207 518 0572
DMG & Partners Securities Pte Ltd
Terence Wong
Executive Director/Chairman
65 6533 1818 or 65 6438 8810
United Overseas Bank Nominees Pte Ltd
Wee Cho Yaw
Executive Director/Chairman
65 6533 9898
HL Bank Nominees (S) Pte. Ltd.
YBhg Tan Sri Quek Leng Chan
Executive Director/Chairman
03-2164 8228
Bank of Singapore Nominees Pte. Ltd
Ambrose Law
Executive Director/Chairman
65 6223 9266
Here are some potential talking points:
I'm calling in regard to Resorts World Sentosa's capture and confinement of 25 wild dolphins. Resorts World claims to want the dolphins for therapeutic purposes. There is no such thing. There is absolutely no evidence that swim-with-dolphins programs work, yet there is overwhelming evidence that dolphins suffer greatly from a life in captivity. Dolphins are highly intelligent, sensitive and socially aware mammals. Capturing and keeping them confined in small tanks is the equivalent of torture. Two dolphins have already died in the two-year process of getting them to the Resorts World facility. Additionally the dolphins were taken from the Solomon Islands. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has stated that import and export of Bottlenose dolphins from the Solomon Islands should not take place, as it might be detrimental to the survival of this species in this part of the world. Moreover, these particular dolphins were taken from the gruesome and barbaric drive fisheries, a particularly inhumane method of capturing wild dolphins.
Capturing dolphins from the wild for entertainment purposes is unacceptable. Please consider pulling funding from Resorts World until they change their highly unethical business practices.
Thank you for your efforts on behalf of dolphins! I am very grateful for your taking action.
