France signed a law prohibiting the breeding of whales and dolphins in captivity

Recently, there is a growing general discontent with the use of cetaceans in a variety of entertainment shows, which has provoked recent bans on the use of whales and dolphins in shows, particularly in the United States of America. However, now discontent has already spread to Europe.

New law

More recently, France has signed a law that prohibits the breeding of dolphins and whales in the country. This means that those animals that are now in captivity will be the last such cetaceans in history. This step was greeted with joy by the defenders of animal rights, but criticized by those institutions that still have whales and dolphins.

Where it leads

However, the new law is not limited to the ban on breeding captive and dolphin in captivity. After the Minister for the Environment, responsible for signing this law, learned that some animals were under the influence of narcotic drugs, he decided to take more radical measures and forbade the maintenance of all whales and dolphins, except for killer whales and bottlenose dolphins, which already Are in official aquariums, which means a ban on the replenishment of animals in captivity. All entertainment centers are now also prohibited by law allowing visitors to interact in any way with animals, which put an end to the practice of swimming with dolphins. The law also stipulated that the size of all reservoirs containing animals should be increased by at least 150 percent, which would allow them to live at a greater distance from visitors and other animals.

Current situation

To date, there are four dolphinariums in France, of which two are the last establishments in Europe, in which killer whales are kept in captivity. The Marineland dolphinarium in Antibes contains four killer whales, shown to visitors, as well as 13 bottlenose dolphins, with which visitors can swim for an additional fee. This means that the new rules adopted in France will hit the dolphinarium immediately from several fronts, to the tremendous horror of the owners. They described this step as a "bomb" against the institution. All the aquariums that still have killer whales and dolphins have six months to bring the establishments in line with the new legislation, but they will have three years to expand the reservoirs containing the animals.