AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Nine dolphins left confined in closed Cancun water park as health reports reveal organ failure and disease
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