InfoSpark: Ethics of keeping dolphins in captivity

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Dolphins living in captive conditions face circumstances vastly different than those of the ocean.

Davies Christian Surya |
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Dolphins are held in human-made environments around the world. Photo: Shutterstock

Dolphins are intelligent and social creatures that, in the wild, interact with hundreds of pod-mates, hunt communally, and have entire coastlines as their playground. In captivity, social partners are restricted to a handful of tank-mates and they face a profound reduction in space and stimulation.

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