Loose Dolphins are generally known for their intelligence and social complexity And are one of the species that are most affected by the entertainment industry. Madrid Zoo is justified, after the closure of the Delfinario, the transfer of his eight dolphins to Hainan Ocean Paradise in China. The excuse is that this was a measure that would guarantee their wells and conservation, but for years it is told that these animals lived in regrettable circumstances.
In 2019 and Thanks to a report presented to Seprona, he revealed that two of his dolphinsLala and Angel, had eye problems and skin lesions. This led to a legal battle that the Supreme Court resolved at the end of the year 2023 in favor of the complainant’s ecological organizations.
Delfines in captivity: a crime of humanity
Before the press release was launched by the Madrid Zoo, where he announced the transfer of the group of eight dolphins they used for circus shows To Hainan Ocean Paradise, located on Hainan Island (China), according to the recommendations of the European Association of Zoos and Aquarios (EAZA), Gran Apes Delfines from other parks as they report in his statement.
This decision by AEZA, who is participating in being taken to that place to guarantee the highest standards to retain the United Group, understands the PGS that the Zoo of Madrid did not meet the expectations that were needed internationally. PGS also reminds itself of the complaint submitted by this organization with regard to the Use of dolphins with wounds in their circulation sessions And that the zoo has made a lawsuit against him to make the complaint the public in February 2020.
Was rejected by the Several courts such as zoos Ibericos SA has resorted Until the opinion of the Supreme Court that fails in the benefit of the PGs that reject the appeal against the judgment that is rejected by the eighth part of the provincial court of Madrid on 9 March 2022. In that sense, PGS wonders whether this legal decision that opened the doors for other animal connections to submit complaints when they were real and with arguments that laid case law, it had something to do with the decision of Aeza.
Given this unexpected decision to temporarily close the Madrid Zoo Delfarinar for the dolphins and what They are held in reduced swimming pools that are used to traveling hundreds of marine miles in freedom And force them to make incorrect behavior of their own species.
No more dolphins
“He Zoo de Madrid has the possibility to announce the final closure of the dolphinarium And the use of these facilities in the training and knowledge of cetaceans, making a cultural space that becomes the importance of cetaceans, their intelligence and the fundamental ecological work that these species play in the seas of the world.
For this you could see that panels, videos, holograms, virtual glasses and even a real -size model have, of dolphins and orchy figures, to explain the parts of your body where they breathe and the texture of their skin can touch that today can be perfectly reproduced“Said Pedro Pozas Terrados, executive director of the Gran APE project (GAP/PGS-Spain).
For Polish the imprisonment of these intelligent beings who call them the great monkeys of the ocean, it must end in Spain. In other countries of the European Union and the world they have realized that these marine creatures should not be imprisoned in dolphins and are closed. Belgium has become the fourth country of the European Union and the seventh of the world that prohibit the dolphins. India has long declared them ‘non -human people’. A characteristic collection was launched in December 2024 of a Great APE project and World Biological Corridor Recognize the cetant people as essential beings with legal personality.