Delfi, a male dolphin at Attica park in Greece, sadly died yesterday. He was one of four dolphins transferred to Greece in August last year. The four dolphins, Delfi, Veera and her sons Levi and Eevertti, were moved from Särkänniemi dolphinarium in Finland after the facility closed last year following reduced public attendance. Whilst it…
Will the future keeping of cetaceans (whales, dolphins and porpoises) at the Vancouver Aquarium be placed into the hands of Vancouver voters? The answer is ……maybe. On Monday evening the matter was discussed by Vancouver Aquarium’s Park Board after the Boards Chair, Sarah Kirby-Yung, proposed a motion asking the Aquarium to “consider not bringing…
Since September last year it has been public knowledge that a Chinese businessman is seeking permission from the Nambian Government to capture protected species from the wild for public display in Asia. The Chinese company “Welwitschia Aquatic and Wildlife Scientific Research” has applied to the Namibian Government for the yearly live capture and export of…
News broke today that that Tilikum, the largest orca in captivity, has passed away. Despite reports last year of Tilikum’s deteriorating health due to a drug-resistant bacterial lung infection, his passing is no less saddening and shocking. Tilikum was captured from the waters off Iceland in 1983 aged just 2 years old. He was held…
ENDCAP welcomes Thomas Cook’s new policy that seeks to improve the welfare of captive wild animals The new policy has been launched today by Thomas Cook, and takes a much stronger approach to ensuring the welfare of animals in the attractions they sell. This year, animal welfare specialists Global Spirit, audited a cross section…
‘It stopped and stared inches from my face. I decided to look away and as I did it sneezed and grunted, and sank its tusks into my thigh. It was agony.’ The incident took place at Aqualand Maspalomas in Gran Canaria, Spain, last week. Ms Edgar, quoted above, had been queuing for a photo…
ENDCAP members, The Born Free Foundation and the Italian animal protection NGO, LAV, have been recently notified by the Italian Ministry of Environment that animal performances in zoos are now prohibited under Italy’s national zoo legislation. Parrots made to ride bicycles, dolphins required to jump through hoops for a food reward, and a chimpanzee,…
ENDCAP members, The Born Free Foundation, have launched a powerful and thought-provoking photo exhibition at the European Parliament, to highlight the poor standards in animal welfare at many zoos in the European Union. View some of the photography The photos were captured by award-winning international photographers, Britta Jaschinski and Jo-Anne McArthur, who visited several…
Two male lions, who had recently been transferred from Basel Zoo, have escaped from their enclosure. After attempts to capture them one of the lions was shot after efforts to tranquillise him failed. ENDCAP is concerned about the conditions for wild animals at zoos across the European Union. The Zoo Inquiry 2011 investigation reveals…
On 13th May, the Italian animal and environmental protection LAV, in collaboration with Marevivo and the Tethys Research Institute, held the first European Workshop on a refuge for stranded and captive dolphins. The organisations are now engaged in planning a feasibility study to assess potentials for such a refuge in Italy. The Case for a…
