Urge global cruise line to boycott turtle cruelty Crammed together, mishandled, and eaten

 

Carnival Cruise Line ships tens of thousands of tourists to Cayman Turtle Center each year, where sea turtles are abused for entertainment and farmed for meat. Help protect turtles now

Cayman Turtle Centre: Island Wildlife Encounter (CTC) in the Cayman Islands is the only attraction in the world where tourists can handle farmed sea turtles.

Formerly known as Cayman Turtle Farm, the venue recently underwent a sleek, friendlier-looking rebrand. However, the center still intensively breeds thousands of endangered green sea turtles and enables tourists to eat their meat.

The Cayman Turtle Centre is the last sea turtle farm known to breed sea turtles for human consumption. But there is no humane way to farm these wild animals.

Cruise Company Carnival Cruise Line sends tens of thousands of tourists directly to Cayman Turtle Centre every year. Many visitors are unaware of the cruelty that goes on at the attraction.

Sea turtle farming is listed as one of the top 10 cruelest wildlife tourist attractions in our 2016 report Checking out of cruelty.

Conditions at the Cayman Turtle Centre make it impossible for turtles to express natural behaviors.

Sign our petition urging Carnival Cruise Line to protect sea turtles

One of the world’s largest cruise companies sends tens of thousands of tourists to Cayman Turtle Centre every year, an attraction inflicting severe cruelty upon endangered turtles.

Demand Carnival Cruise Line protects turtles, and stops trips to Cayman Turtle Centre now.

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In their natural ocean habitats, green sea turtles can dive to depths of up to 140 meters, and can travel up to 5,000 kilometers in a year.

Sea turtles farmed at the tourist attraction cannot enjoy the freedom they would in the wild. Instead, they are subjected to unfit living conditions, and exploited in the name of tourist entertainment.

Turtles at Cayman Turtle Centre:

• are mishandled by tourists using them as photo props for holiday selfies,
• suffer severe wounds, skin lesions, injuries, stress, deformities and disease, often due to cramped conditions in tanks,
• endure being on public display in shallow tanks where they cannot freely swim,
• sometimes bite and maim each other, often due to stress,
• and suffer genetic defects from in-breeding, such as being born without eyes.

The conditions they’re subjected to in the name of entertainment are further detailed in our report, Cayman Turtle Farm: A continued case for change.

Around 20% of the world’s cruise passengers travel on Carnival Cruise Line ships. The business is incredibly influential and must lead by example.

Cayman Turtle Centre heavily relies on cruise ships for customers. More than 200,000 people visit the attraction each year, and around three quarters are cruise liner passengers.

We’ve repeatedly contacted Carnival Cruise Line since January. But despite making our welfare concerns clear, the company won’t agree to stop taking boatloads of tourists to this cruel attraction.

Other tourism industry leaders such as Trip Advisor and Thomas Cook have listened to our supporters and made changes to their businesses to better protect wildlife. It’s time Carnival Cruise Line helped move the world to protect animals too.

From the desk of:Animal Rights Association of Nigeria-07040303030

www.worldanimalprotection.org