ANIMAL protection group Acres has turned to social media to secure freedom for the 25 wild-caught dolphins intended for a marine park in Resorts World Sentosa (RWS).
It launched a campaign on Friday urging people to create and submit video petitions to free the dolphins, which are now being trained in Subic Bay in the Philippines to become performers.
Those who want to have a say can use their cellphones to shoot short video petitions, or take still pictures of themselves holding up placards, and upload them on Acres' campaign website atwww.saddestdolphins.com
Acres, which stands for Animal Concerns Research and Education Society, is also holding roadshows this weekend at Far East Plaza. The petitions will be sent to RWS.
Acres executive director Louis Ng said the group decided to use social media after seeing its power at work during the recent general election.
RWS chief executive Tan Hee Teck, asked on Friday to comment on the condition of the dolphins in Subic Bay, said the company was following international rules on the treatment of marine animals.
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