Its sinuous and complex
\nThat one has to say
\nDonations come in fast and furious
\nAnd are put away
\nPet shelters in local towns
\nStruggle yes they do
\nUnder a mountain of paper work
\nAnd lots of animals too<\/p>\n
There are misunderstandings
\nOn who does what and how
\nPeople imagine the local places
\nAre helped but really now
\nMany are crippled by rising costs
\nAnd just no where to go
\nTo get the extra funding
\nAs their work load it does grow <\/p>\n
The National organisation
\nOn the other hand
\nHas vast sums at its disposal
\nRight across the land
\nDespite this very little
\nEver trickles down
\nTo help the tireless local places
\nAll around the town<\/p>\n
TV adverts monthly payments
\nSet up people feel
\nThey are helping the local places
\nReally thats for real
\nBut actually reality
\nIs that very little does
\nGet to them but lots of money
\nIs spent such a buzz!<\/p>\n
In court and on the wages
\nAnd the pensions of the staff
\nThe executives and management
\nNothing is done by half
\nIt all feels inappropriate to the
\nShelters on the ground
\nTo those who make donations
\nThats what some have found<\/p>\n
And now we hear that SEA World
\nAnd HSUS will be
\nJoining hands and joining hearts
\nFor all eternity
\nAny rescued Sea Lions dolphins that they hear
\nWill end up in the sea world tanks
\nApparently its clear<\/p>\n
Others will possibly be shipped to the
\nMiddle East
\nWhere people are not so worried
\nCaptivity they feast
\nTheir eyes on any creature
\nEntertainment rocks
\nThe wild souls take on other roles
\nWith the resultant shocks<\/p>\n
The PR circus reaches up high into the sky
\nAs Tilikum rots painfully
\nAnd soon alas will die
\nHe has faced adversity
\nEvery single day
\nHis solitary confinement
\nAnd his physical display<\/p>\n
His record goes before him
\n3 trainers in their grave
\nAnd he has been responsible
\nNobody could save
\nThose he took exception to
\nThey all suffered so
\nThe killer whales are killers
\nThat much now we know<\/p>\n
We knew all that before Dawn
\nketo’s captivity
\nHis mother was Kalina
\nHe was never free
\nBorn in fact at Sea World
\nBut angry just the same
\nWhen they moved his long lost brother Keet
\nPoor judgement some did claim<\/p>\n
Wild species and commerce
\nThey really do not mix
\nCorporations actually knock
\nIt all for six
\nThese creatures are so sentient
\nTheir feelings are so strong
\nAnd unless you understand them
\nEverything goes wrong<\/p>\n
Killer whales are meant to be
\nIn oceans far and wide
\nIts arrogance personified
\nTo keep them trapped inside
\nSome concrete bloody bath tub
\nAnd expect them to be
\nAs happy as little sand boys
\nIt doesn’t happen actually<\/p>\n
Its good they say no breeding
\nBut I don’t believe a word
\nThe sperm they have accumulated
\nWhich now has occurred
\nDon’t tell me they won’t use it
\nAnd now the Spanish Park
\nSays it wants to continue breeding
\nWants to make its mark<\/p>\n
We must not be complacent
\nCarry on the fight
\nStop people using sea World
\nWe all know its not right
\nDon’t be taken in by green wash
\nJust don’t be naive
\nEmpty the tanks tell the banks
\nIts for Tilikum we shall grieve<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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