Every summer, tourists from all over the world flock south to the Caribbean to enjoy the sun, wind and experience swimming with dolphins.
The dark side of the show lets dolphins swim with tourists at sea
Tourists have fun with dolphins in Miami.
This is a popular program that attracts a large number of tourists to experience, but behind it is a sad dark side that only the organizers know about.
An anonymous former dolphin trainer lifted the veil of mystery about these shows on WWF in a talk at the end of 2016. He commented that this show is really problematic: `Dolphins are creatures
Swimming with dolphins shows are found all over the world, but are most popular in the Caribbean Sea.
Born and raised in the Bahamas, this man said he worked at two facilities that use dolphins to serve tourism in the Caribbean.
In domestic captive areas, there is a lot of garbage and sharp objects such as nails, hooks… that will hurt the animals or be swallowed by them.
`Today, managers are doing everything they can to clean the sea water where dolphins live. But the smell of chlorine is very strong, causing trainers to feel suffocated, and animals can go blind if continued.
The former trainer also confirmed that many dolphins suffer from psychosis, a worrying behavior of marine mammals due to living in small waters all day.
Naomi Rose, a scientist from the Animal Welfare Institute, USA, said: `Looking at what people do to dolphins, I cry. Their blood is splashed in the reservoir. It should be
Swimming with dolphins is a general term for a series of tourist activities related to these animals such as: swimming with, taking photos, and cuddling with them.
Not only the Bahamas but many tourist resorts in Jamaica, Tortola, Grand Cayman, Dominican, Cancun… also have this program.
Business Insider also pointed out that, although some Caribbean countries already have many regulations in place to protect animals living in the ocean.
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