I had my sister on the phone today. She helped me realise that most mothers don’t really care whether it was bad or not, they would bring their children to a marine park when they would be old enough. Because “the happiness on their face had no price”. This really has been ruining my day since this morning. People asked me “ok, so what if they go there once, to see; and then stop?” To that, I answer: “Do you…
You’ve all heard about the dolphin slaughter happening in Taiji, Japan. But have you heard about the one which happened on the 21st on January 2013, in Fanelei village, Solomon Islands? During the 2011-2012-season, about 800 dolphins were killed in Taiji (about 400 fewer than the year before). On the 21st of January 2013, villagers of Fanalei caught and killed 700 dolphins. I can’t even realize how brutal and violent this must have been. Fishermen of Taiji spend several months…
Hi everyone! The documentary The Cove is finally available on Youtube. For the sensitive among you, watch to at least 1h15 of video, and start again towards 1h21. Little reminder, this is a documentary shot in 2007 by OPS (Oceanic Preservation Society) team . It received many awards including the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2010. For those of you who would want further information, click here or here. Once you’ve seen this movie, you don’t have to fly to…
I have recently signed up to the newsletter of the blog “The Dolphin Connection” , and I got my first newsletter this morning! “10 good reasons not to go to a dolphinarium”. It’s a French article so I’ll just translate in English. 10 good reasons not to go to a dolphinarium… Or why becoming a dolphin trainer is not a career project.
LATEST NEWS: This morning, 19/12/12, 2 Bottlenose Dolphins were transported into small concrete tanks of Dolphin Resort. They will now reside in these tanks until they are sold within the captive trade, eating dead fish and entertaining humans for the rest of their lives. These same animals who just few days ago witnessed the slaughter of their own family and were brutally separated from them.