A firsthand account from a former employee of Delphinus Xcaret—a marine park in Mexico that forces dolphins to swim and interact with humans—reveals yet again why you should never visit a facility that exploits these intelligent, sensitive animals for profit. The whistleblower told PETA of the extreme suffering she had witnessed—including that mother dolphins cried out for their babies who had been torn away from them and that animals were burned because of exposure to the blazing sun—while working as a photographer for the park’s “swim with dolphins” attraction.
Please, don’t support “swim with dolphins” programs or captive marine mammal displays. https://t.co/tNizuSQfhJ
— PETA (@peta) February 2, 2017
She said that the experience was one of the most (if not the most) horrible ones she’s ever endured—but what’s even more sickening is that the cruelty she observed, which still haunts her to this day, occurs all the time.
While working at the park, the ex-employee saw that as many as five dolphins had been confined to a single swimming pool–size tank that was only about 32 feet deep at the very deepest. Impregnated dolphins reportedly languished for two months in tanks so small that the animals could barely move around in them comfortably. Then, once they gave birth, handlers ripped their babies away before the dolphins even had the chance to bond with them.
“I could hear them scream for their young—noises I’ll never forget. … There has not been one day that has gone by...
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