On the list of highly ironic images....

[conuly]

Take a look at this picture.

The caption reads: In this picture provided by Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Liberty, a male Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, wears a hat and waves an American flag in honor of the Fourth of July at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, Calif. on Friday, July 3, 2009. Liberty, born on July 4, 1990, was named after his birth date, and this year turns 19 the same day the nation marks its 233rd year.

The irony of naming a caged animal born in captivity (no matter how well-treated) "Liberty" and teaching it to do foolish tricks to earn money is astounding.

I'm not opposed necessarily to zoos and whatnot, nor to teaching dolphins tricks (it stimulates their minds, anyway), but the name...!

Comments

[caprinus.livejournal.com]

D:

That's pretty sad.

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

IDK, I named my "owned, domesticated" house cat "Freedom" because by 2 1/2 weeks old he was able to escape the place his mother put him. :-/

I think its cute. :-/

[conuly]

See, that's different. Clearly, he was striving for Freedom.

This dolphin? He's not able to strive for freedom! What's he gonna do, flop all the way from his tank to the ocean?

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

FREE WILLY LIBERTY!!!!

[jblaque.livejournal.com]

I hate people.

[queenlyzard.livejournal.com]

yeah well, logic was never humanity's strong point.