Animal rights activists have flooded Resorts World Sentosa's (RWS) Facebook page with hundreds of messages calling for it to release its captive dolphins. The barrage of posts by supporters of a Singapore-based pressure group forced RWS to block some users and disable the page's comment function. A spokesman on Monday called the activists' behavior “premeditated cyber harassment.” He said blocking users was ‘never an ideal response', but added: “we cannot and will not tolerate any misuse of our Facebook page with spam, repetitive or abusive messages.” However, animal activists say that cruelty cannot be allowed to continue and said the Facebook campaign was an attempt to create public discourse over the actions of the RWS toward the dolphins it keeps in captive. “We were simply using our right as citizens to voice our concern,” said one of the online activists, “and if the RWS can round up a number of people to fight us via words, then by all means, but people understand the realities facing captive dolphins and they are behind us.” BM
