Handicap: Amazon dolphins invite themselves into therapy

Handicap: Amazon dolphins invite themselves into therapy

In the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, Luiz Felipe, 27, caresses a pink dolphin and poses smiling for a photo: a therapy like no other for this young man who has defeated his fear of entering the water of the Rio Negro. This program in which nearly 400 disabled people have already participated organizes sessions … Read more

Australia: a bench of 157 dolphins runs up on a Tasmania beach

Australia: a bench of 157 dolphins runs up on a Tasmania beach

Environmental protection officers found 157 dolphins stranded on a beach on the Australian island of Tasmania, deploring the death of 21 of them on Wednesday. The other 136 cetaceans were alive in the morning, according to these members of the local environment department, indicating that it seemed to be a bench of “False orcas”large predatory … Read more

Côte d’Azur: end clap for the orcas and dolphins of Marineland

Côte d’Azur: end clap for the orcas and dolphins of Marineland

After more than fifty years of existence, the Marineland of Antibes (Alpes-Maritimes) definitively closed its doors to the public on Sunday, with the last show of its orcas, Wikie and Keijo, victim of the disaffection of the public but also of the legislation banning cetacean shows. “Our hearts are in pieces”: like Salomé Mathis, a … Read more

Dolphins: justice confirms one-month fishing ban in the Bay of Biscay

Dolphins: justice confirms one-month fishing ban in the Bay of Biscay

The Council of State confirmed Monday “the need for a closure of fishing in the Bay of Biscay” for four weeks “during the winter”a measure aimed at protecting dolphins from accidental capture by fishing boats. Following several appeals from environmental and animal rights NGOs, the highest administrative court had already forced France to close the … Read more