User talk:Kavetuna

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Hello. Concerning your contribution, User:Kavetuna/should killer whales be kept in captivity?/, please note that Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images obtained from other web sites or printed material, without the permission of the author(s). This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/02/poll_should_killer_whales_be_k.html and http://www.ucls.uchicago.edu/students/projects/1996-97/Hillocks96/killer_whales.html and http:// john-blatchford.suite101.com/killer-whales-a44947 and http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/changetheworld/2010/02/a-tragic-reminder-of-why-killer-whales-should-not-live-at-marine-parks.html. As a copyright violation, User:Kavetuna/should killer whales be kept in captivity?/ appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. User:Kavetuna/should killer whales be kept in captivity?/ has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message.

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