Nine bottlenose dolphins remain locked inside a shuttered Mexican water park where campaigners say the animals are blind, sick, and gnawing at concrete walls, and government officials insist the dolphins are fine. Footage filmed September 2 at Dolphin Discovery Ventura Park in Cancun shows the animals confined in algae-ridden enclosures months after the park announced […] The post Nine dolphins left confined in closed Cancun water park as health reports reveal organ failure and disease appeared first on American Almanac .
Nine bottlenose dolphins remain locked inside a shuttered Mexican water park where campaigners say the animals are blind, sick, and gnawing at concrete walls, and government officials insist the dolphins are fine. Footage filmed September 2 at Dolphin Discovery Ventura Park in Cancun shows the animals confined in algae-ridden enclosures months after the park announced its indefinite closure in January 2025. The animal rights group Veeleaf captured the video, and campaigners from the organization TideBreakers posted it to Facebook, calling it among the worst conditions their team had ever documented for captive dolphins. The park once offered swim-with-dolphins experiences for tourists. Now no tourists come. The gates are shut. But the…Open
An animal welfare advocate says he’s encouraged by the first phase of a plan to relocate dozens of marine mammals from a shuttered aquarium in Canada to the U.S. and Spain. “Everyone collectively wants better for these animals, and this is what we’re all hoping for,” Phil Demers tells “Elizabeth Vargas Reports.” #Animals #Whales Anchor Elizabeth Vargas delivers the biggest stories, without bias or opinion. Watch "Elizabeth Vargas Reports" every weeknight at 7p/6C on NewsNation. #VargasReports NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
France must decide what to do with two orcas marooned at a deserted marine park: move them to another park, or release them into an open-water sanctuary.
Former Marineland trainer Phil Demers joins NewsNation to discuss American aquariums saving 30 beluga whales from the threat of euthanasia. Anchor Elizabeth Vargas delivers the biggest stories, without bias or opinion. Watch "Elizabeth Vargas Reports" every weeknight at 7p/6C on NewsNation. #VargasReports NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all Americans.
