Swimming with dolphins is prohibited

I Dolphins They are frequently encountered while sailing at sea, or simply swimming offshore. Or when visiting dolphinariums, which are prohibited in many countries. In both cases, it's important to know how to behave around dolphins.

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HOW TO BEHAVE WITH DOLPHINS

When you spot some Dolphins While cruising, it's normal to get close, for the beauty and naturalness of the spectacle. But it's equally normal, as soon as you spot dolphins, to slow down, put the engine in neutral, avoid heading towards them, and maintain a more than reasonable distance.

WHAT TO DO IF DOLPHINS APPROACH YOU

If they are the Dolphins As you approach, always with caution, you can enjoy the show: it means they're not afraid of the boat. But be careful of these things:

Do not try to touch them with your hands or other objects.
Don't throw away food of any kind.
Do not enter the water.
Don't take pictures with the flash.
Don't move behind the dolphins.

WHY NOT SWIM WITH DOLPHINS

It is not necessary to note with the Dolphins For the simple reason that they are cetaceans accustomed to living in captivity. Therefore, getting too close, even swimming with them, stresses them. Often, swimming with dolphins is offered as part of a responsible tourism vacation package. Nothing could be further from the truth. It's a harmful proposition for the poor dolphins.

WHAT DOLPHINS LIKE

Dolphins enjoy hunting, playing, and competing in swimming races. They are social animals that love company and can even care for themselves by cooperating with one another. This is also why their behavior is simple: keep your distance, observe them, and at most clap your hands. This is a noise dolphins greatly appreciate.

DOLPHINS IN AQUARIUMS

And we come to Dolphins in aquariums: in what language should we say it? Swimming with the DolphinsUsing them like ducks in water for various games and pastimes is simply insane. A complete waste. It causes serious harm to the health of these wonderful animals. Speculation is being done on the skin of defenseless cetaceans for a handful of dirty money. Children and adults are being miseducated. Violence is being allowed without any reasonable extenuating circumstances.

It's all clear, simple, and evident: as often happens when it comes to sustainability, people, animals, and plants, a modicum of common sense would be enough and life would truly be better for everyone. And yet, given that we're in Italy, where in the name of justice, of the comma, of laws written and then erased, or not applied because they're inconvenient, a ruling from the TAR (Administrative Court) is needed to put pen to paper on a collective disaster.

DELFINI TAR SENTENCE

Indeed, the Lazio Regional Administrative Court (TAR), with a four-page ruling (after years of litigation, another waste: this time of public time and money...) has definitively established that contact with dolphins in water parks , "even for educational purposes," is absolutely prohibited . It took nearly fifteen years to rule in court against environmentalist associations (leading the way is LAV, the Anti-Vivisection League), which have consistently denounced the devastation of dolphins in aquariums.

Atrocities like this: on the Rome coast, in Torvaianica, in a water park owned by the multinational (Mexican) company in question, children, along with their idiotic parents, are allowed to swim with dolphins and harm them, paying the modest sum, so to speak, of a ticket ranging between 99 and 150 euros . Dirty, very dirty money. A monstrous profit, in the sense of unacceptable since it is based on the mistreatment of animals.

In the meantime, there is no need to worry about it. ”

These anti-educational shows (far from "educational purposes"...) are consumed by bulimia of selfies , swimming and splashing in the water , and laughter from adults and children alike. With music turned up loud , and with dolphins forced to endure torture designed by their tormentors. A disgrace . It's no coincidence that they have been banned, for several years now and after much-deserved civil battles, from the Genoa Aquarium and the Oltremare park in Riccione. While 13 European Union countries don't even have dolphinariums (they're banned), like nations like India and Chile, more civilized than us in this case, in Italy some ministers and politicians of hypocritical environmentalism have turned a blind eye, effectively allowing children and their families to swim with dolphins in aquariums. And now, instead, the TAR ruling has arrived to shed a little clarity. Thus, a 2017 ministerial decree that effectively permitted dolphin water games "to educate and raise public awareness about biodiversity" was overturned by the Lazio Regional Administrative Court (TAR). Better late than never.

SOS DOLPHINS

Speaking of clarity, the SOS Delfini campaign dates back several years , clearly explaining, through data, images, and scientific evidence, the harm that is being done and could be done to cetaceans in captivity. We're highlighting this campaign, in its essentials, hoping the Non Squalare community will spread it everywhere. Here's what happens in nature, regarding the coexistence of dolphins and orcas, and what happens in dolphinariums. Read it and then judge for yourself.

In nature Dolphins and killer whales live in close-knit groups composed of members of the same family and "friends"

In dolphinariums, they live in artificial groups, often becoming aggressive and subjected to constant stress . To keep them calm or to treat the symptoms of stress, they are often given tranquilizers.

In nature they help each other in case of necessity.

In captivity, they can attack each other and, having no escape route, may even kill each other. Females are at serious risk of miscarriage, again due to stress, and males are frequently administered hormones to try to reduce their aggression.

In nature They help each other fish (an activity that keeps them active and busy) and share food.

In dolphinariums they feed exclusively on dead fish and are in need of vitamins due to this nutrient-poor diet.

In the sea They know their environment and communicate with each other using natural sonar. Some species even have vocal dialects unique to each group.

They don't use their echolocation systems (also called biosonar) in swimming pools because they have nothing new to discover and because in many tanks the sound waves bounce off the concrete walls, causing them severe stress . This habitat is often so noisy that it can cause hearing damage.

In nature These animals swim between 95 and 160 km a day and can do so at a maximum speed of 45 km/h for dolphins, and 56 km/h for killer whales.

In swimming pools, they can only swim in circles and for this very reason they risk falling into depression and are given tranquilizers.

In natureBottlenose dolphins can reach 50 years of age and killer whales 70-90 (females generally live longer than males).

In captivity, many individuals die very young, and the life expectancy of those who survive can be reduced by more than half. In dolphinariums, dolphins rarely live beyond 20 years, and killer whales very rarely reach their average age.

In nature They are active animals and even when they sleep they do so with only half their brain, since at the same time they continue to swim.

In captivity they live without any type of environmental variety and become bored due to the lack of stimulation and exercise.

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