A party-list lawmaker has filed a resolution urging the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) to ban school field trips to theme parks that have captive dolphins and whales that come from "cruel and inhumane sources." Kabataan party-list Rep. Raymond Palatino filed House Resolution 2759 calling on the House of Representatives to direct DepEd and CHED to prohibit such type of field trips. "School field trips are designed to expand the students' learning through live interaction. However, dolphin and whale shows teach children the wrong values that keeping wild animals in captivity is acceptable," Palatino said.

Romero, P. (2012, September 9). Ban on field trips to theme parks with captive dolphins, whales sought. The Philippine Star, p. 6.