Originally Posted by LBI2SXM
I don 't believe for one moment that it is a request of visitors or tourists. Most people see this as inhumane! It's the big business operators that see the bucks they can bring in for themselves.

But the point is that they could not bring in the big bucks if visitors and tourists were not willing to pay for the experience. So in the end, it is the fact that there are a whole lot of people out there who don't really care if it is inhumane, and who will pay to swim with dolphins, that perpetuate this kind of thing. It really is quite sad that so very many human beings are so utterly inhumane.