Letter to the Editor

So Cayman, how many reasons are we up to now?

Tuesday, May 18, 2004

Dear Sir,

Please do not get me wrong, I am not trying to be pro or anti dolphin right now, but rather realistic.

There are many who would argue, any animal kept in captivity is wrong, and perhaps that is correct. Many would say God gave man dominion over all other beasts, perhaps that is correct too, but we should all mate power with responsibility.

Does dominion mean we have the right to be cruel? I don’t think so.

Anyhow, I have enjoyed trying to read all the reasons “why we should not bring the dolphins here” and common sense keeps saying to me, “Why should we bring them here?”

Can someone intelligently (and politely please) answer me as to why we should bring the dolphins here?

What benefit does it serve our country, our community, the dolphins, the individuals?

Will this attraction bring more tourists to Cayman? Probably not, from the looks of it there are quite a few who are pretty upset about the whole matter.

Will this attraction benefit this community, unite this community? Obviously not.

How, pray tell, will these animals benefit from captivity, are you breeding them for releasing into the wild or for some grand humanitarian effort for science or for food? (Please note if you are a tourist, we do not eat the dolphin mammal, that was an attempt at sarcasm.)

Okay, so here is the million dollar question (pun intended), what will the individual/s benefit from this venture?

Well, so far I have come up short on any good reason why we need such an attraction.

I ask you kind persons who know so much more than I to enlighten me, because right now I think the next reason they should print as to why we do not need this attraction should be simply because there is no good reason. Who will win here? Not Cayman, and not the dolphins!

I hope our collective voice makes a difference, but, I fear like so many who tried to sound the horn of reason, it is of no consequence as oft time it seems that the voices of the very few are heard high above the voices of many.

Perhaps then someone can also please answer me why is it that the “little” Caymanian folk as a collective have no say against big money?

There are few who are so sure of the path that they cannot take advice from the many who may see further together.

BTW, I have no affiliation with any organisation; I’m just a citizen watching the war.

With kind regards to the people who seek to make Cayman a better place.

Mia Schvartz

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