Sarat Colling: Despite the value we place on the freedom to choose one's own path, we deprive other species of this. In 1960 in London, Billy Smart's circus chartered a boat on the Thames for commercial purposes.
Some of the boat's promotional “props” were animals that were forced to perform. Among them was Fritzi, a sea lion who did not want to participate in the activity and jumped into the water. Unlike when there was a “wild state,” now there is one characterized by diversity and symbiotic relationships.