I don’t know about Dory and Nemo, given the incredible range and quantity of distractors in this day and age (which of the dozen movies that came out this week will you take direction from today?), but I know in the past the Lassie problem was both real and long-lived (from anecdotal discussions with animal welfare experts).
But that doesn’t take away from the point of this research and I don’t disagree with it. Movies like Free Willy, Rio, Balto, Fly Away Home, and so many others have definitely worked miracles for turning apathetic (or rather, directionless) children into compassionate adults that care about the plight of the animals we share this world with.
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Also the animated film Balto
So confused, did the author watch a different movie maybe?
> Disney later made a movie about him that makes no mention of Balto for the first 90%
The character appears at the 5 minute mark!
I don’t know about Dory and Nemo, given the incredible range and quantity of distractors in this day and age (which of the dozen movies that came out this week will you take direction from today?), but I know in the past the Lassie problem was both real and long-lived (from anecdotal discussions with animal welfare experts).
But that doesn’t take away from the point of this research and I don’t disagree with it. Movies like Free Willy, Rio, Balto, Fly Away Home, and so many others have definitely worked miracles for turning apathetic (or rather, directionless) children into compassionate adults that care about the plight of the animals we share this world with.