A large, dark wound protrudes from the side of the deer's head, stretching from the base of its antler toward its ear. The animal’s big, dark eyes reflect a weary helplessness.
That’s the hauntingly “heartbreaking” image that stared back at animal rights lawyer Kaitlyn Mitchell from her computer screen after a Marineland employee reached out to Animal Justice's whistleblower tip line.
“It's absolutely hard to look at,” Mitchell shared with The Pointer.
“We're talking about sentient, social animals who have been used for their entire lives to entertain members of the public and children. And now this is their fate, and it's absolutely unacceptable.”
For years, much of Animal Justice's advocacy surrounding Marineland has focused on the park's cetaceans, its whales and dolphins, and the dire conditions in which they are confined. But Mitchell, the Director of Legal Advocacy at Animal Justice, has always had “lingering questions” about what's happening to the other animals living on the property.
In early June, she got some possible answers to those questions when an employee working at Marineland’s Niagara Falls site shared troubling information, alleging that hundreds of captive deer and elk were being trucked off the property, with many in bad shape.
According to a press release from Animal Justice, reports suggest the park “may be sending some of them to slaughterhouses”. The Pointer has been unable to verify this claim.
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