Show Carnival Cruise Line we won’t back down
Crammed together, mishandled, and eaten
Cayman Turtle Centre: Island Wildlife Encounter (CTC) in the Cayman Islands is the only attraction in the world where tourists can handle farmed sea turtles.
Formerly known as Cayman Turtle Farm, the venue recently underwent a sleek, friendlier-looking rebrand. However, the centre still intensively breeds thousands of endangered green sea turtles and enables tourists to eat their meat.
The Cayman Turtle Centre is the last sea turtle farm known to breed sea turtles for human consumption. But there is no humane way to farm these wild animals.
Cruise company Carnival Cruise Line sends tens of thousands of tourists to Cayman Turtle Centre every year.
Incredibly, 129,203 of you used your voice to demand Carnival Cruise Line does the right thing for these endangered wild animals. Please share this achievement on Facebook or Twitter now, to show Carnival how many people care.
One of the world’s cruellest attractions
Sea turtle farming is listed as one of the top 10 cruellest wildlife tourist attractions in our 2016 report Checking out of cruelty.
Conditions at the Cayman Turtle Centre make it impossible for turtles to express natural behaviours.
Turtles at Cayman Turtle Centre:
- are mishandled by tourists using them as photo props for holiday selfies,
- suffer severe wounds, skin lesions, injuries, stress, deformities and disease, often due to cramped conditions in tanks,
- endure being on public display in shallow tanks where they cannot freely swim,
- sometimes bite and maim each other, often due to stress,
- and suffer genetic defects from in-breeding, such as being born without eyes.
The conditions they’re subjected to in the name of entertainment are further detailed in our report, Cayman Turtle Farm: A continued case for change.
Carnival: Please do the right thing for wild animals
Around 20% of the world’s cruise passengers travel on Carnival Cruise Line ships. The business is incredibly influential and must lead by example.
Cayman Turtle Centre heavily relies on cruise ships for customers. More than 200,000 people visit the attraction each year, and around three quarters are cruise liner passengers.
We’ve repeatedly contacted Carnival Cruise Line since January. But despite making our welfare concerns clear, the company won’t agree to stop taking boatloads of tourists to this cruel attraction.
Other tourism industry leaders such as TripAdvisor and Thomas Cook have listened to our supporters and made changes to their businesses to better protect wildlife. It’s time Carnival Cruise Line helped move the world to protect animals too.
Please share this page now, and demand Carnival listens to 129,203 supporters.
