{"id":46518,"date":"2017-08-03T11:49:02","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T18:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trektoday.com\/content\/?p=46518"},"modified":"2017-08-03T11:49:02","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T18:49:02","slug":"shatner-stop-swimming-with-dolphins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trektoday.com\/content\/2017\/08\/shatner-stop-swimming-with-dolphins\/","title":{"rendered":"Shatner: Stop Swimming With Dolphins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>William Shatner<\/strong> has joined <em>People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)<\/em> to try to put an end to the &#8220;swim with dolphins&#8221; experience that will be offered on the next <em>Star Trek: The Cruise<\/em> voyage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Aboard the<em> USS Enterprise,<\/em> it was Captain Kirk&#8217;s duty &#8216;to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations&#8217; in order to advance and diversify our own,&#8221; said Shatner to <em>Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings<\/em> CEO <strong>Frank J. 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