- Signatures: 4,884
- Goal: 5,000
- Deadline: 5-31-2006
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Starting back in 1999 the Dolphin tank at Manati Park Bavaro was investigated by the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, who claimed that the living conditions of these dolphins are not acceptable. The issue of May 21st of Time Magazine stated Manati Park as:".. one of the world's most controversial facilities.." "Worse, critics charge that several dolphins have died prematurely at Manati because of toxic waters." According to CITES documentation only five of the original imported and captured eight dolphins are still there now. Almost 3.000 protest signatures have been handed over but the dolphin tank is still open, the owner even wants to add five additional dolphins to the tank next year.
Photo copyright by Helene O'Barry
At a further investigation from the World Society for the Protection of Animals beginning 2001 the responsible consultant pointed out: "It seems that these dolphins work harder and longer than all the dolphins I have ever seen before and since 40 years I am involved in that. They are mistreated and overworked and they live in a very small and confined area."
We - the Undersigned - would therefore urgently ask you to do all in your power to convince the responsible authorities, that this mistreatment has to be stopped immediately and Manati Park is no longer making money out of the suffering of animals. We ask that the remaining dolphins are returned to the areas from which they were captured or rehabilitated in a natural environment.
Sign now and urge closure of this horrible park!
| Number | Date | Name | State | Country | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,890 | 9:01 am PDT, May 7 | Doosen Tachia | Texas | United States | Recently, a dolphin named collided mid-air with another dolphin while leaping out of the water during a show. In what is a sad reminder of the unacceptable cruelty inherent to keeping dolphins in captivity, Sharky suffered head injuries and died soon afterwards. |
| 4,889 | 4:45 am PDT, May 5 | Anonymous | California | United States | |
| 4,888 | 12:03 pm PDT, May 4 | Giles BALES | France | ||
| 4,887 | 2:10 pm PDT, May 2 | diamazone dh | Canada | stop this madness....dolphins need to be free...I'll never pay to go see them in a close space...they need the OCEAN | |
| 4,886 | 9:20 am PDT, May 1 | Anonymous | Georgia | United States | dolphins should be running free!!!! |
| 4,885 | 9:37 pm PDT, Apr 30 | Anonymous | New York | United States | we need to protect our dolphines! |
| 4,884 | 12:00 pm PDT, Apr 29 | stéphanie pierrel | France | l'être humain est le pire prédateur que la Nature esr engendré. et ça me fait mal d'en faire parti, de voir que nous détruisons le vie et nous même en même temps. | |
| 4,883 | 2:58 am PDT, Apr 29 | Anonymous | France | cest une honte fermer ce parc et nallez plus le visiter / recacher ces pauvre betes | |
| 4,881 | 11:48 am PDT, Apr 28 | Alisia Kadantseva | Russian Federation | dolphins are practically the most clever friendly and unselfish creatures in the world therefore they are so gullible to people they live with. we shouldn't be unaware and exploit natural positivity of life creatures on our planet. it's awful that some of us make money selling time with this unhappy mammals in so poor conditions. | |
| 4,880 | 11:37 am PDT, Apr 27 | Ross Damo | United Kingdom | ||
| 4,879 | 10:39 am PDT, Apr 27 | Michaël Sanchez | France | ||
| 4,878 | 8:49 am PDT, Apr 27 | Darlene Young | Canada | I was very excited to do the swim with the dolphins at Maniti Park until i saw the conditions of these poor dolphins and the small pool that they are confined in. I would not have gone if i had known before hand about these conditions. I would not recommend this to anyone else. help to save these dolphins before they are hurt or die due to miss treatment and no proper care or feeding. | |
| 4,877 | 4:58 am PDT, Apr 27 | Lyndsey Hutchinson | United Kingdom | I am soon visiting the DR and have been looking for places where I can experience a humane and more natural interaction with dolphins during my stay, this is clearly not the place and I urge anybody who has it within their power to close this place down to do so for the sake of these beautiful creatures. | |
| 4,876 | 3:33 am PDT, Apr 27 | Sandra Bailey | United Kingdom | I cant believe you can go and capture dolphins and put them in tanks. It is not acceptable for any wild animal to be caught and used in this way. | |
| 4,875 | 11:45 pm PDT, Apr 26 | Steve Flack | United Kingdom | ||
| 4,874 | 11:14 am PDT, Apr 12 | Mary Jane Drury | Canada | I have not and will not go to tour this park due to the conditions present. | |
| 4,873 | 9:14 am PDT, Apr 12 | Jacqueline Bishop | United Kingdom | please please help these beautiful gentle elegant creatures to be set free | |
| 4,872 | 8:13 am PDT, Apr 12 | Cap Pearson | Canada | ||
| 4,871 | 7:59 am PDT, Apr 12 | Kap Pearson | Canada | My daughter and I visited Maniti Park in April 2008. Although very thrilled and excited to meet dolphins for the first time, i was quickly saddened by the following details: 1. The amount and frequency of the shows the dolphins and sea lions perform daily seven days a week....they work non stop from 9 am to 6 pm. 2. the tiny concret, in very poor condition, swimming pool they live in. HORRIBLE!! this is their home minutes from the ocean. 3. during each and every show there is dance music BLASTING too loud for even poeple and a narrator speaking over a microphone at max volume which must be excrutiating for the dolphins sensitivity to sound and vibrations. 4. one of the dolphins we saw was very scraped up and had many gashes on top of his body. 5. they are clearly reduced to drones forced to perform and be fondled and roll over and play nicey with the tourists for the majority of their waking hours. i felt like such a hypocrite being there and will never attend another park such as this again and will continue to share my experience with hopes that someday something is done to either set these animals free or force the facility to provide a heathier and happier life for the animals they captured and use as cash cows. sincerely Kap | |
| 4,870 | 9:13 pm PDT, Apr 8 | Anne Martinez | Arizona | United States | |
| 4,869 | 10:53 am PDT, Apr 6 | Laurel Watson | Arizona | United States | |
| 4,868 | 9:12 am PDT, Mar 30 | Caroline Braud | France | Les dauphins sont à mes yeux des êtres d'exception que nous devons protéger;comment peut on accepter que ce parc existe toujours,combien de dauphins sont morts dans d'atroces conditions depuis l'ouverture en 99?? Le dauphin doit vivre en liberté, ça devrait être interdit de les capturer pour les priver de l'immensité des océans,comment peut on empêcher ça?c'est insupportable,les humains ne respectent pas suffisament les animaux,ils n'ont RIEN compris! | |
| 4,867 | 12:11 am PDT, Mar 29 | Laura Herrmann | Australia | I love Dolphins so much that i want to do as much as i can to save and look after them | |
| 4,866 | 8:22 pm PDT, Mar 27 | Sophie Lerique | France | Encore un bel exemple de l'horreur de la nature humaine. | |
| 4,865 | 9:06 am PDT, Mar 27 | Megan Sparks | Pennsylvania | United States | |
| 4,864 | 8:59 am PDT, Mar 24 | Marco Morales | Texas | United States | Horrible conditions. Very misleading flyer/pictures! NEVER AGAIN WILL I GO BACK! |
| 4,863 | 8:13 pm PDT, Mar 17 | Mary McAnally | Oregon | United States | I love dolphins and am always overjoyed when heading to Seawrold, or Brookfield Zoo.... However when I saw the photos of these dolphins stuck in such horrible living conditions and being so mistreated, at Manati Park Bavaro... I was ENRAGED.... CLOSE THEM DOWN, SEND the People who work there to jail, and FREE THESE DOLPHINS! |
| 4,862 | 12:56 pm PDT, Mar 16 | Meow Mau | Colorado | United States | |
| 4,861 | 1:40 pm PDT, Mar 12 | Anonymous | Florida | United States | |
| 4,860 | 8:06 am PST, Mar 8 | BEG ABA | Venezuela | ||
| 4,859 | 1:56 pm PST, Mar 6 | Sharon frechette | Massachusetts | United States | no one should be going here no matter how badly you wish to experience swimming with the dolphins. |
| 4,858 | 6:51 am PST, Mar 5 | courtioux jessica | France | ||
| 4,857 | 6:20 am PST, Feb 20 | eggy verc | Belgium | please safe the dolphins | |
| 4,856 | 5:06 am PST, Feb 20 | Anonymous | Virginia | United States | |
| 4,855 | 5:26 am PST, Feb 18 | Anonymous | Minnesota | United States | |
| 4,854 | 4:52 pm PST, Feb 17 | Tania Hewett | California | United States | Please help the dolphins! |
| 4,853 | 8:15 pm PST, Feb 15 | Deb Humberson | Pennsylvania | United States | This makes me ill! Such wonderful creatures should be wild and carefree - to be kept like this is cruelty! |
| 4,852 | 10:02 am PST, Feb 15 | Mélanie Prud'homme | Canada | Close this park please!!!Help this dolphins!!!!!! | |
| 4,851 | 3:25 am PST, Feb 15 | Annah Brown | United Kingdom |
Help to close the Dolphin Tank at Manati Park Bavaro!!!
Starting back in 1999 the Dolphin tank at Manati Park Bavaro was investigated by the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, who claimed that the living conditions of these dolphins are not acceptable. The issue of May 21st of Time Magazine stated Manati Park as:".. one of the world's most controversial facilities.." "Worse, critics charge that several dolphins have died prematurely at Manati because of toxic waters." According to CITES documentation only five of the original imported and captured eight dolphins are still there now. Almost 3.000 protest signatures have been handed over but the dolphin tank is still open, the owner even wants to add five additional dolphins to the tank next year.
At a further investigation from the World Society for the Protection of Animals beginning 2001 the responsible consultant pointed out: "It seems that these dolphins work harder and longer than all the dolphins I have ever seen before and since 40 years I am involved in that. They are mistreated and overworked and they live in a very small and confined area."
In July 2002 Manati Park used an old permit issued in 1995 and captured another eight dolphins in national waters herewith violating the Dominican Republic Law 64-00 Art 175 promulgated on August 18, 2000 which prohibits the capture of protected species. On top the capture of these eight dolphins was done in the specific protected area of a
national park, Parque Nacional del Este which means that this activity as well violates the regulations of the national park. Reportedly Manati Park is still on the hunt for ten more dolphins although it lacks the proper facility to house these animals.
We - the Undersigned - would therefore urgently ask you to do all in your power to convince the responsible authorities, that this mistreatment has to be stopped immediately and Manati Park is no longer making money out of the suffering of animals. We ask that the remaining dolphins are returned to the areas from which they were captured or rehabilitated in a natural environment.
At a further investigation from the World Society for the Protection of Animals beginning 2001 the responsible consultant pointed out: "It seems that these dolphins work harder and longer than all the dolphins I have ever seen before and since 40 years I am involved in that. They are mistreated and overworked and they live in a very small and confined area."
In July 2002 Manati Park used an old permit issued in 1995 and captured another eight dolphins in national waters herewith violating the Dominican Republic Law 64-00 Art 175 promulgated on August 18, 2000 which prohibits the capture of protected species. On top the capture of these eight dolphins was done in the specific protected area of a
national park, Parque Nacional del Este which means that this activity as well violates the regulations of the national park. Reportedly Manati Park is still on the hunt for ten more dolphins although it lacks the proper facility to house these animals.
We - the Undersigned - would therefore urgently ask you to do all in your power to convince the responsible authorities, that this mistreatment has to be stopped immediately and Manati Park is no longer making money out of the suffering of animals. We ask that the remaining dolphins are returned to the areas from which they were captured or rehabilitated in a natural environment.
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