30 belugas, four dolphins, & two orcas may be evicted from Marineland of Canada & Marineland Antibes before Whale Sanctuary Project has any holding facilities NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario, Canada; ANTIBES, France––Marineland of Canada, in Niagara Falls, Ontario, founded in 1961, and Marineland Antibes, on the French Riviera, founded in 1970, never shared ownership, but […]
Whale Sanctuary may finally get two whales; dolphin sanctuaries left waiting
Transfer of orcas from defunct French marine park approved by French government NICE, France––Two orca whales stranded at the former Marineland of Antibes marine mammal park on the French Riviera near Nice, France, are to be transferred to the Whale Sanctuary Project in development in Nova Scotia, Canada, French cabinet minister for ecological transition Mathieu […]
Captive dolphin industry going down, so what becomes of the dolphins?
Bankruptcies & liquidations, with sanctuaries not a here-and-now option MEXICO CITY, Mexico; MIAMI, Florida––Not entirely by coincidence, the Mexican-owned Dolphin Company, owner of 30 dolphinariums worldwide, is bankrupt; the Miami Seaquarium, recently operated by The Dolphin Company, appears to be at the end of 70 years of marine mammal exhibition; and the Mexican Chamber of […]
Dolphinaris Arizona deaths: it’s not about the desert
Four dead dolphins bring “temporary” closure of barely two-year-old swim-with-dolphins attraction SCOTTSDALE, Arizona––Already a target of protest before opening in October 2016, Dolphinaris Arizona, the newest U.S. marine mammal exhibition facility, is to be scene of yet another of many demonstrations on February 9, 2019. This demonstration, though, will have a bite to it […]