OCAS and wild dolphins live in large and very social groups and swim long distances in the oceans every day. In captivity, as is the case of the Loro de Tenerife Park, these animals can only Turn circles in swimming pools that are proportionally smaller than a bathtub for a person.
Bee Orcas are the possibility to participate in natural behavior deprived. The result is that most of them die Long for what they could do if they were free of nature They often suffer concerning living conditions, which only increases their suffering.
Three Orks suffer unnecessarily in Tenerife
Today, Three Orks live in captivity in the Papegaai park of Tenerife: Tekoa (man, 24 years old), Morgan (female, 16-17 years) and Adam (Man, 14 years old). The three animals are used in shows for the public. Far from ending this cycle of captivity, In the coming months, the zoo will add three more orcs to its collection.
On the one hand it was made public a few days ago That Morgan, fascinated in Parrot Park since 2011, is pregnant again. Remember that in 2021 his first young, UA, died in the same facilities before he turned three years. The park attributed death to ‘intestinal pathology’.
On the other hand, it has also been announced that the orca Wikiie And his son Keijo They will eventually be transferred from Marineland Antibes to the Zoo of Tenerife. It must be reminded that in November 2021, The French government approved a law that banned the possession of cetaceans in captivity And granted a term until 2026 so that the centers that these animals still kept in their facilities to move them.
However, Although in 2024 the Whale Sanctuary project in Canada offered its facilities to house the Marineland Orcas” France rejected the offer in JanuaryMainly quoting deadline problems. The whale reception project sent another letter in which their regret was pronounced because none of the experts who evaluated their application had contacted them and had requested a meeting with all parties involved, so that their facilities that were about to be operational were taken into consideration to welcome these animals.
Unfortunately, this week It has been confirmed that both orcas will be sent to Loro ParqueInstead of having the opportunity to live in an environment such as similar to their natural habitat, they will be used again in shows to show them to the public in a pile of a few meters.