{"id":47722,"date":"2011-06-28T13:27:44","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T17:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/47722\/european-union-dolphinarium-free-zone\/"},"modified":"2011-06-28T13:27:44","modified_gmt":"2011-06-28T17:27:44","slug":"european-union-dolphinarium-free-zone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/47722\/european-union-dolphinarium-free-zone\/","title":{"rendered":"Make the European Union a dolphinarium-free zone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wdcs.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i217.photobucket.com\/albums\/cc290\/philoche01\/AR\/WDCSINTER.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Make the European Union a dolphinarium-free zone<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><object><\/object><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">WDCS\u2019s report, \u201cDolphinaria \u2013 A review of the keeping of whales and dolphins in captivity in the European Union and EC Directive 1999\/22, relating to the keeping of wild animals in zoos\u201d, written in association with the Born Free Foundation for the European coalition ENDCAP, reveals that dolphinaria and the Member States that licence them, are failing to meet the requirements of EU legislation which aims to protect whales and dolphins in captivity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Keeping dolphins in captivity violates EU legislation that is supposed to protect these animals <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.captiveanimals.org\/\/images\/tick2.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> It is supposed to encourage conservation, yet dolphin survival rates are lower in captivity than in the wild<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.captiveanimals.org\/\/images\/tick2.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> It is supposed to promote education about animals, yet little information is given at dolphin shows in the EU about their lives in the wild<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.captiveanimals.org\/\/images\/tick2.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> It is supposed to prevent cruelty to animals and look after their welfare, yet stress and disturbing behaviour is common amongst dolphins displayed in dolphinaria within the 15 Member States of the EU who are failing to implement EU legislation properly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">We have no right to keep whales and dolphins in captivity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">We want to make the European Union a dolphinarium-free zone<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">We are calling for:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.captiveanimals.org\/\/images\/tick2.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> The European Council of Ministers and the European Commission to take urgent steps to protect whales and dolphins in captivity in the EU<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.captiveanimals.org\/\/images\/tick2.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>A ban on the import of wild-caught dolphins into the EU<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.captiveanimals.org\/\/images\/tick2.gif\" alt=\"\" \/> Member States to enact strict legislation for the keeping of these animals in captivity and enact plans to phase out national dolphinaria and not grant permits for the construction of any new dolphinaria.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Take action NOW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/dingo.care2.com\/c2c\/emoticons\/\/sign.gif\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/secure2.wdcs.org\/stop\/captivity\/eu_captivity_letter.php\" target=\"_blank\"><font color=\"red\">Help us make the European Union a dolphinarium-free zone!<\/font><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/secure2.wdcs.org\/images\/title_slideshow_bottlenose.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"432\" height=\"102\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">and let the EU know you wish to see an end to the keeping of dolphins in captivity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wdcs.org\/stop\/captivity\/eu_campaign\/eu_dolphinaria_report.php\">Read the Report<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wdcs.org\/graphics_bin\/eu_dolphinaria_report.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wdcs.org\/stop\/captivity\/eu_campaign\/legislation.php\">How are EU Member States failing to protect dolphins<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wdcs.org\/stop\/captivity\/eu_campaign\/evidence.php\">The evidence<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wdcs.org\/images\/eu_dolphin_tank.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wdcs.org\/stop\/captivity\/eu_campaign\/entertainment.php\">Conservation or cruelty,  Education or entertainment?<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wdcs.org\/images\/eu_trainer_balance.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wdcs.org\/stop\/captivity\/eu_campaign\/faq.php\">Questions and answers<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>Video Credits:<\/em> WDCS would like to thank Rosalie e&#8217;Silva for creating our film and  Leah Lemieux for supplying much of the footage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make the European Union a dolphinarium-free zone WDCS\u2019s report, \u201cDolphinaria \u2013 A review of the keeping of whales and dolphins in captivity in the European Union and EC Directive 1999\/22, relating to the keeping of wild animals in zoos\u201d, written in association with the Born Free Foundation for the European coalition ENDCAP, reveals that dolphinaria 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