Former Dolphin Trainer Reveals Hidden Cruelty Behind the Industry

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With the help of animal lovers like you around the world, the World Animal Protection is using its support to end the exploitation of millions of animals worldwide - including the 3,000 dolphins currently in captivity. 

In this documentary, an ex-trainer exposes the lies the dolphin industry tells to make tourists content with animal cruelty – and to make money.

It centers on the experience of Lorena López, who turned her back on the captive dolphin industry after a successful career as a trainer and is now a dedicated campaigner for the rights of marine mammals.

She reveals how both trainers and tourists are being actively misled by venues, who are willing to do or say anything to maximize profit from the cruelty of keeping these intelligent, social animals locked up.

An industry built on suffering

Dolphins in captivity are forced to endure endless cruelty. 

At venues in Mexico, where Lorena worked, dolphins are:

• deprived of food as part of the training process for performing
• forced to breed and then traumatically separated from their calves at a very young age
• used as live surfboards, surrounded by screaming crowds of people with rock-concert volume music
• made to endure a never-ending stream of tourists seeking that perfect selfie for social media
• forced to live in pools many thousands of times smaller than their natural habitat

Building back better

There are around 3,000 dolphins in captivity around the world, suffering in the name of entertainment. With tourism halted as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, caused by our exploitation of wild animals, the tourism industry has an opportunity to right the wrongs of the past and create a sustainable, cruelty-free future.

Nick Stewart, World Animal Protection's global head of campaign - dolphins, says: "Right now, we have a prime opportunity to protect wildlife used as entertainers.

"Governments and the travel industry need to show that tourism can be a force for good, by banning cruel captivity, phasing out support for wildlife entertainment and trade, and supporting the goal to make this the last generation of wild animals to suffer for our entertainment.

“It’s better for animals, people, the planet, and ultimately the resilience of the tourism industry itself."

Dr. Yolanda Alaniz Pasini, scientist consultant for COMARINO, who is also featured in the documentary, says: 

"Currently in Mexico, there are three main activities with dolphins that are fundamentally cruel; the entertainment shows for the public, swimming with dolphins and dolphin assisted therapy – this is all fuelled by the international travel industry and tourists who are paying for suffering."

Ending the cruel global wildlife trade

Dolphins and other wild animals in entertainment are just one part of the vast global trade in wildlife. Beyond the obvious animal welfare concerns, this dangerous industry is also putting us all at risk from zoonotic outbreaks like the COVID-19 pandemic and has a devastating effect on the environment.

For animals, people and the planet, we, alongside the World Animal Protection are calling on the G20 and governments the world to end the global wildlife trade. Forever. Sign the petition.

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