The Trouble With ‘Interactive’ Programs 
 
 Touch tanks and “swim-with” programs allow the public to pet, kiss, or even “ride” dolphins. Such programs invade the animals’ already diminished worlds and are intrusive, stressful, and even dangerous for the animals, as well as being risky for human participants, too. Animals in “petting pools” are frequently exposed to foreign bacteria and other pathogens, and they can become anxious, frustrated, aggressive, and even neurotic as a result of being confined to shallow tanks and exposure to constant interaction with humans.
– Some people believe Kim Kardashian is a menace to the thinking public, but PETA has stronger words for the reality-TV star: The animal rights group is calling her downright "dangerous" and "intrusive" to animals after Kim K posted an Instagram video of her cruising around on captive dolphins and puckering up for a sea lion during a Mexican vacation, reports Radar Online. "Touch tanks and 'swim-with' programs … invade the animals' already diminished world," says a PETA spokeswoman. PETA's website also notes that "animals in 'petting pools' can become injured and anxious as a result of constant poking and prodding, and exposure to bacteria that they are not immune to can make them ill." It's not the first-time Kim K has had a run-in with PETA: In 2012, the organization railed against her for threatening to sue a woman who tossed flour on her for wearing fur—a move that prompted sis Khloe to snatch her support for the group. PETA doesn't appear to care one iota what Khloe or any of the Kardashians think about its animal advocacy. “Kim is free to leave the pool, but for the dolphins, it’s a lifetime sentence,” the spokeswoman says. (PETA presumably would not be a fan of Kim's face turning up on the $20 bill.)