Dolphins are marine animals that fascinate humanity so much that some people hope to be able to swim alongside them sooner or later. The dream of swimming with dolphins in some places in the world is achievable, but at what price?
I Dolphins they are marine animals that fascinate humanity so much that some people hope to be able to swim alongside them sooner or later. The dream of swim with dolphins in some places in the world it is achievable, but at what price?
Tourists booking a swim with dolphins ahead of their next trip to one of the world's blue paradises - i Caraibi they are in first place - they often do not know in what conditions the cetaceans are forced to live.
La Peta has long denounced the conditions of dolphins used as a mere tourist attraction in the Caribbean and other places in the world. According to reports from Peta, most of them are dolphins forced into captivity e used for swimming programs with tourists dies prematurely. Their life expectancy is half that of dolphins living in a natural environment.
The intelligence of dolphins is now well known to science and their cognitive ability is second only to humans. In nature, dolphins can swim in peace and often move in groups in large open spaces. Which cannot happen in tourist centers and in dolphinaria who exploit them for swimming with tourists and for shows.
I Delfini they are forced to live in pools that are too small for them where they are bothered by chlorine, which can harm their health. Their ocean habitat is reduced to a claustrophobic swimming pool. Furthermore, when they are fed frozen fish, they risk food shortages.
In the United States, as reported by Peta, the protection of dolphins is still scarce. Some of them, when they are not transferred to the pools, are held in corners of the sea unfortunately characterized by pollution and presence of waste, including plastic bags that are likely to cause gastrointestinal problems if ingested, when they do not cause suffocation and death.
According to the story of a former dolphin trainer, their situation is truly worrying when they are forced to live in captivity. The former trainer he remained anonymous and explained that in the facility where he worked there was a lack of veterinarians to look after the dolphins in case of need and the suffering of marine animals, even on a psychological level, was evident, given that they were forced to live in confined spaces.
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Some mothers among the dolphins would come to suffocate their young not to see them forced to live in captivity. According to a report from the Humane Society on cetaceans in captivity, dolphins and other marine animals come routinely given antibiotics and other medications. They also need vitamin supplements because they are fed nutrient-deficient foods.
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The Caribbean, where dolphinariums and swimming with dolphins are widespread, would be starting to set regulations to tackle the problem of captive dolphins but existing regulations seem to be applied only rarely, given that the controls are missing.
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Sometimes wild dolphins are still caught from the ocean and then transported to dolphinaria. Other times they use dolphins that have been bred in captivity from birth. In any case, these are animals that should live in their natural habitat and instead are forced to swim in pools that are too small which for them are equivalent to cages.
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In short, it would be better that the desire to swim with dolphins remained only a dream.
Marta Albè
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