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Ban the sale of tickets to attractions holding captive dolphins or whales.

Submitted by Isabelle Megilley on Sunday 2nd August 2020

Published on Monday 10th August 2020

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 10th February 2021

Signatures: 1,241

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Dolphins ~ Sale ~ UK

Petition Action

Ban the sale of tickets to attractions holding captive dolphins or whales.

Petition Details

The Government should ban UK travel companies from selling tickets to all international attractions holding captive dolphins, whales or porpoises (excluding those solely for rehabilitation). There have been no captive cetaceans in the UK for over 25 years.

Additional Information

Whales, dolphins and porpoises are some of the most intelligent and emotionally aware animals. They should not spend their lives in concrete tanks. Captivity is a very damaging experience for cetaceans which often involves the separation of babies from mothers, wild capture and performing unnatural behaviours. This can lead to depression and even self-harm. The only exclusion is when held solely for rehabilitation (with no shows or 'swim-withs') to be released to the wild or into sea pens.


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