白鲸来撩妹~亲不亲？

20160719ou 一中两外锵锵三人行 今日话题：白鲸来撩妹~亲不亲？ 一张范冰冰亲吻白鲸的照片引发争议，很多人喜欢，觉得很美，可爱的白鲸宝宝让人毫无招架之力，甚至献上香吻一枚。也有人反对，认为这样对白鲸不好，同时认为这也是在宣传建立海洋馆和动物园，把动物关在有限的空间内,人类的这些做法很残忍，是抹杀动物天性的事情。 Lincoln: Photos of a Chinese renowned actress has gone viral for kissing an animal. Which one is it? Yoyo: Last night, photos of Chinese renowned actress Fan Bingbing kissing a Beluga whale on a reality TV show has gone viral online. It now has almost 1 million likes so far; however, some Chinese animal lovers and activists say that keeping the whale in captivity is cruel and these photos only serve to promote whales in captivity. Lincoln: What do you think, Nick? Nick: I think the main issue that people have taken with this photo seems to be, there is obviously the issue of keeping the whales in captivity which people are against, these activists and various commenters, a lot of people, I think, are more annoyed with the actress herself for kind of abusing the platform that she has, because obviously she has such influence, so many followers, fans on social media, she really has an opportunity to kind of influence people and share positive messages and I think people think that by engaging in this kind of photo shoot with a captive animal, that she has gone against what they believe and they believe that she could have done better in that situation. Yoyo: And that is why zoos and aquariums have been criticized a lot. Lincoln: Yeah, the problem with that is often these animals aren’t necessarily as safe in the wild as they are in aquariums, sometimes. Maybe they’re not as happy, but there’s all these different sorts of threats, mostly from humans, of course, and putting them in this enclosure is one of the places where you can, well, for lack of a better word, you can keep them safe. But the problem with that is, you know, these are obviously big animals and they’re not supposed to be kept in these kinds of confines for long periods of time, and it’s a very difficult ethical issue. Nick: Yeah, I think the issue also, not just with keeping it in captivity, but reducing it to kind of a prop in this reality TV show, getting it to leap out of the water and give her a kiss, is a bit, kind of, against the animal’s natural instincts. Obviously there have been tragic incidents in aquariums and sea parks around the world where people have had accidents, or have been dragged into the water, whether intentionally or accidentally, by the animals, and it’s all ended very badly. So I think in many aquariums, we’re kind of moving away from the interaction-with-people kind of aspect of it, I think some of the sea parks in the US recently announced that they would be stopping the breeding program of their captive orcas, so I think that is something that is on the way out in some cases. Yoyo: And also, to another face of the story, I would want to say, instead of simply bombarding the zoos or aquariums, simply criticizing zoos: what about protecting the environment? If we are really thinking for the animals, we are not only saying that they shouldn’t be kept in a zoo, it’s more like if we protect the environment well enough, if the water has been polluted, if the air has been polluted, if all the forest has been cut out, there will be nowhere else they can go, so in that case, what about first protecting the environment and them happily living in the forest instead of just saying ‘okay, so you should release all the animals in the zoo, and even though you release them into the wild, and then there can’t be enough good environments for them to live in, then what’s the point?