For years, we have condemned the experiences of the orcas and dolphins exploited in dolphinariums. The scientific proof that cetaceans are highly intelligent animals and possess their own culture is currently being acquired; it is doubtful that their fate remains the same for those who are born in captivity. A few months ago, we found out about a plan to move the four orcas, from Marineland in Antibes to China, to parks which belong to the group who own the French dolphinarium. Our campaign prevented their departure and, a few months later, the Ministry of the Ecological Transition announced the end of captive cetacean exploitation. Whether it be Femke or her companions, the dolphins at Astérix Park, they paid the price. We cannot make do with the solution that the dolphinariums have proposed. Surrounded by leading specialists, we are working towards solutions that allow these four French orcas to benefit from a different life as soon as possible.
We have sent these unpublished images from Marineland to cetacean (specifically orca) specialists for their expertise.
For Dr. Ingrid Visser, a biologist who specialises in cetaceans (Orca Research Trust, New Zealand), who exposed Inouk’s health problems through ascientific publication and report, the algae, visible all over the bottom of the tanks, doesn’t show that the water has a good pH balance, but instead shows a problem with the filtration and the pump circulating the water. Their development can only happen if nutrients exist; here, they are evidently the cetacean’s faeces and the remains of dead fish which are given to them.
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