Birth and death in a dolphinarium – a week in a pool

We returned to Planète Sauvage when it reopened on 24 May to see how the dolphins were, and in particular Galéo. Amtan was then pregnant and was swimming round with the other prisoners – Lucille, Péos, Ocean etc.

Now, a week after having given birth to her little one, she is mourning his death. He died a few days ago.

Dolphinariums are not a healthy environment for dolphins. What can one say about the life of this dolphin calf? He had hardly taken his first breath before Planète Sauvage used him as an object to promote its business! Video, competition to find him a name etc. There’s no shortage of funds for that. That's all the industry of captivity knows how to do – promote the misery of these amazing creatures and add names or numbers to the list of deaths. The death of Amtan's baby is just one more to be added to that of Aïcko and so many others.

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