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2017 China has launched its first killer whale breeding center. The facility is in Chimelong Ocean Kingdom in Zhuhai, south China's Guangdong Province. The killer whale has declined in overall numbers due to climate change and human activities. Video China News #EmptyTheTanks #dontbuyaticket #closealldolphinaria #emptythetanksworldwide

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There is one reported dolphinarium in Sweden, Kolmarden Djurpark, which currently holds a reported 8 bottlenose dolphins. Kolmarden Djurpark, also known as Kolmarden Wildlife Park or Zoo, is located in Östergötland, Sweden. While Kolmarden Zoo was first established in 1965, the dolphinarium opened in 1969 and was the first dolphinarium to be built in any of the Scandinavian countries. Reports suggest the first dolphins were imported in 1969, with 3 dying that year, followed by the import of 2 more in 1970. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species’ database only records trade in species after 1975 so for that reason our knowledge of imported dolphins begins in 1979. But between 1979 and 1994, 11 bottlenose dolphins are recorded being imported from the United States to Sweden, 3 of which came through the United Kingdom and 2 via Germany. While only 3 of the 11 are recorded as being wild-caught, records may not be complete. The 3 bottlenose dolphins from the United Kingdom were transferred following the closure of the Flamingoland dolphinarium as strict new legislation was passed concerning the keeping of these animals in captivity. These 3 have since been reportedly transferred to other dolphinaria within the EU. A reported total of 59 bottlenose dolphins have been held at Kolmarden Zoo since 1969. Of these, 6 have been transferred to other facilities, 8 remain at the zoo and a reported 45 dolphins have died at the facility. Sweden’s dolphinaria are included in the national zoo law, but there are no specific standards for the keeping of these animals in captivity. Sweden is Party to ASCOBANS (Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic, North East Atlantic, Irish and North Seas) which aims to maintain and achieve favourable conservation status for small cetaceans throughout the agreement area. Caption edit @respectanimalrights Post of Image my associate @spindriftdiver #emtythetanks #closealldolphinaria

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Don't forget #EmptyTheTanks campaign tomorrow, if you want to tweet there's tweetsheets on Twitter or Facebook. / @respectanimalrights #EmptyTheTanks #dontgotoseaworld #DontBuyATicket #closealldolphinaria #CaptivityKills #videogram

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I'm posting a part of @australiafordolphins petition help to get you to sign this petition. Please help. Here follow the caption at the petition page. Trainers tear dolphins out of the wild so violently in Taiji, many drown in a sea of panic. They choose the “pretty” mothers for captivity, and toss their babies aside to be brutally stabbed to death. These heartless trainers torturers shouldn’t be allowed anywhere near animals. But the world’s peak marine animal trainer association, IMATA, welcomes them with open arms – and lets them get away with horrific animal abuse. SIGN THE PETITION AND FORCE IMATA TO CHANGE. Your signature can get these cruel IMATA trainers out of Taiji, and their hands off innocent dolphins. it's a easy url http://handsofftaijidolphins.com #EmptyTheTanks #captivitykills #stopfeedthegreed #dontbuyaticket #closealldolphinaria #captivityiscruelty #handsofftaijidolphins #saveourdolphinsandwhales #videomessage #petition

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Screenshot from a video from Sweden zoo Film. This is Sting a 6 year old Dolphin at Kolmården in Sweden. Sometime during the next few weeks, the seven-year dolphin Sting will be transported from the Kolmården dolphinarium to a small outdoor dolphinarium in southern Spain, Selwo. I am happy that Sting will have to be outdoors for the first time in his life, but I also want to question what we humans are doing to the dolphins at all! We all know that dolphins in the wild swims many tens of kilometers each day, navigate using echolocation, eating live fish they catch themselves and have a tremendously rich social life that we are only just beginning to understand. We also know that dolphins in the wild live about 40 years. Despite all this knowledge about dolphins, the male dolphin Sting lived all his life in captivity. That he even born in captivity is taken as proof that his parents had it good. There are certainly a lot worse than Kolmarden dolphinariums in the world, but to claim that dolphins have it good there, is to deceive oneself. Sting has never been able to swim more than a few meters away from the concrete walls, he has never caught a fish alive, he has never seen the sun, and he has spent time with a very small flock. Now Sting then moved to Spain. Both Kolmarden and Selwo-profit company, so they will certainly do all they can to make their product will not be damaged during transport. The problem is that Sting is not a product but a sentient individual, which undoubtedly can feel the stress, pain and suffering, probably also worry, fear and panic during transport. I do not know how it is to transport him, but I know that neither air or truck are natural modes of a dolphin. Sting is a young male who was born in prison. The resources that will now be spent on a prisoner transport should instead be devoted to release him. It has been done before and can be done again. Caption credit Peter Kalmström #EmptyTheTanks #captivitykills #dontgiveup #dontbuyaticket #EmptyTheTanksWorldWide #closealldolphinaria #Kolmarden

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The movement to free marine mammals is at a crossroads. Reform at SeaWorld parks in America has taken hold, but internationally, orca, dolphin, and whale captivity is exploding. Travel with us from the Pacific Northwest to Asia to see the plans to return captive killer whales to the sea—and stop a new wave of captivity. http://bit.ly/CaptiveMarineAnimals #EmptyTheTanks #captivitykills #dontgiveup #dontbuyaticket #closealldolphinaria #captivityiscruelty #seaworldsuck #neverbesilent #videoshare #videomessage

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#EmptyTheTanks #captivitykills #endcaptivity #closeseaworld #dontbuyaticket #dontgotoseaworld #blackfish #thecove #stopanimalabuse #closealldolphinaria #emptythetanksworldwide #videogram

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Just saying captivity for cetaceans it's everything far from seeing them in their right environment,not even their vocals is "real" . SAY HELLO TO CAPTIVITY AND THEN SHUT IT DOWN! THIS ISN'T A LIFE #EmptyTheTanks #captivitykills #seaworldsuck #dontbuyaticket #closealldolphinaria #closealldolpinariumeurope