The popularity of swimming with dolphins and other interactions with dolphins has greatly increased in the 1980s and 1990s[1] due to the satisfaction and learning that human beings experience while swimming with dolphins. This activity may help to treat depression in humans.[2]

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There has been a proliferation of privately owned, for-profit dolphinariums (aquariums having mostly dolphins) around the world despite the controversy around this activity, which has yet to be fully legalized by the law.[3][4] The continuous popularity of dolphins in the 1960s resulted in the appearance of many dolphinariums[5] around the world. Though criticism and more strict animal welfare laws have forced many dolphinariums to close their doors, hundreds still exist around the world attracting a large number of visitors. These institutions are frequently the object of severe opposition from animal rights groups, particularly when poor conditions cause the loss of animals,[6][7] and when the dolphins are sourced from wild-caught populations such as the dolphin fishery of Taiji, Japan.[8] The risks associated with interaction with dolphins include injury to humans and injury, stress and death of the dolphins involved.[1]

See also

• List of dolphinariums

References

Further reading

• Au, Whitlow (1993). The Sonar of Dolphins. New York: Springer-Verlag.
• Curran, S., Wilson, B. and Thompson, P (1996). "Recommendations for the sustainable management of the bottlenose dolphin population in the Moray Firth". Scottish Natural Heritage Review 56.
• Leatherwood, Stephen and Randall R. Reeves, eds. The Bottlenose Dolphin. San Diego: Academic Press, Inc., 1990.
• Reiss, D. and Marino, L. (2001). Self-recognition in the bottlenose dolphin: A case of cognitive convergence. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 8, 98 (10), 5937–5942.
• Ramírez, Ken (1999), Training: Successful Animal Management through Positive Reinforcement, Shedd Aquarium.
• Sonar Magazine, Scientific research information of Grupo Via Delphi.
• "The Swimming with Dolphins Guide: A Guide to Wild Dolphin Swims, Dolphin Swim Resorts and Dolphin Swim Retreats" Location, Swims, Prices, Etiquette & More! (2015)

External links

• The Disturbing Truth Behind Your Swim With The Dolphins The Dodo, For the Love of Animals Apr 17, 2015
• Swimming with dolphins: a phenomenological exploration of tourist recollections, International Journal of Tourism Research
• The trouble with Dolphin swims: why swim-with-dolphin programs have some folks making waves, Animals
• Should You Swim With This Dolphin?, Washington Post
• Does an innocent swim promote animal cruelty? The Jeju Weekly, May 24, 2011
• Swimming with dolphins, a video Kaikura, New-Zealand, seen Aug 24, 2012
• The Dolphins Swim Programs The Dolphins Swim Programs Apr 12, 2018 March