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Research published in August suggested dolphins may understand death, but that level of sensitivity appears to be lacking in the caretakers of a Swiss park.
A tropical paradise in the middle of Europe proved a nightmare for eight-year-old Shadow. In a move that would mystify anyone who cares about animals, Connyland amusement park in Lipperswil, Switzerland, hosted a techno rave that reverberated through the dolphin enclosure for two straight days.
Performing dolphins are one of the star attractions of the park. Animal activists had warned Connyland that the dolphins could be stressed by the noise. Connyland disagreed, and the Thurgau Veterinary Office accepted the park’s reassurances the party would not affect them.
Activists from two German animal-rights groups, ProWal and The Whale and Dolphin Protection Society, were on hand. They measured noise levels over 100 decibels outside the park. The dolphins were much nearer the party, and Andreas Morlok from ProWal said:
The sound levels which would have been heard by the dolphins is comparable with that of a pneumatic drill on top volume. Before the event we warned of these noise levels and the damage which could be done and called for the event to be called off.
Jürgen Ortmüller from the Whale and Dolphin Protection Society had this to say:
We have reasonable evidence to suggest that the extreme noise levels from the two day techno party severely affected the immune system of the dolphins. Dolphins are very sensitive creatures. We warned against a techno party taking place in this location for these very reasons.
A few days after the party, Shadow became agitated, stopped breathing and died. He was the seventh dolphin to die in three years at Connyland. The park is denying guilt, supported by their vet, who is quoted as saying:
I was there and the noise would not have affected the animals. You could hardly hear anything. Connyland takes the care of its animals very seriously and they are looked after very well.
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These idiots need to be shut down. Plain and simple!!! Thanks for posting!
The park is denying guilt, supported by their vet, who is quoted as saying:
"I was there and the noise would not have affected the animals. You could hardly hear anything. Connyland takes the care of its animals very seriously and they are looked after very well."
Here's a valid immoral/legal stonewall - a near deaf VET name bearer concluding that because he can hardly hear sound - that he is the standard right vs wrongdoing measure for the rest of us. If regulators don't see thru this gaping grand canyon hole it is either because they chose not to or they are morally numbed out.
Everybody knows by now that most sea animals are very sensitive for sound and have a different, more important hearing than us human. You can' t compare what you hear on the ground with the trumbling in water. Sound is not just what you hear, ask any deaf person, I mean real deaf. They can hear better than this management. Music is emotion, this goes for any living beeing it get through to you. What kind of vet is this.
It' s clearly a money picture and its unresponsible do combine these things, besides: why do such thing in a park for animals,,,,,,,,,,,,,,for animals? No, for sure.
Don' t visit these parks and force them to think twice about their goals, which can certainly not be educational either. Its just human fun and should not take place near the animals.
This park should be investigated and the management punished.
sad news sad very sad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
sad news :( but thanks for sharing
Those that keep animals for display or entertainment care more about profit than the welfare of the animal. There needs to be an international law that forbids this. I hope the owners are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
Seven dolphins in 3 years died there? Unless this is a facility for geriatric dolphins, this should be investigated. The vet who is employed there is obviously either lying or amazingly incompetent.
What idiots said yes to the poll? This is terrible. This is why I like animals more than people.
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