Captive Marine Animals Can Net Big Profits for Exhibitors. Sally Kestin.
by Kestin, Sally; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 31Science. Publisher: Sun-Sentinel, 2004ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Amusement parks | Captive marine mammals | Marine aquariums | Profit | Value | Wild animal tradeDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Few animals, wild or domestic, have the money-earning draw of marine mammals. A single dolphin can generate $1 million a year. A South Florida Sun-Sentinel investigation found that everyone involved benefits, from Third-World fishermen who catch dolphins, to the Cuban government that sells them and cash-poor Caribbean nations that win tourists because of them, to marine parks that can collect $50 or more for every visitor." (SUN-SENTINEL) This article discusses the big money that can be made in the marine park industry.Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Captive Marine Animals Can Net Big Profits for Exhibitors, May 24, 2004; pp. n.p..
"Few animals, wild or domestic, have the money-earning draw of marine mammals. A single dolphin can generate $1 million a year. A South Florida Sun-Sentinel investigation found that everyone involved benefits, from Third-World fishermen who catch dolphins, to the Cuban government that sells them and cash-poor Caribbean nations that win tourists because of them, to marine parks that can collect $50 or more for every visitor." (SUN-SENTINEL) This article discusses the big money that can be made in the marine park industry.
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