Whales and Dolphins in the U.K

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Cat-Man

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I know there is already a thread about this but o well
can anyone give me some info on whales and dolphins in U.K Zoos in the past.

I am hoping that whales and dolphins could be includeed in chesters natural vison

what do you think
 
Cat-Man said:
I know there is already a thread about this but o well
can anyone give me some info on whales and dolphins in U.K Zoos in the past.

I am hoping that whales and dolphins could be includeed in chesters natural vison

what do you think
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Your quite right there is a thread with the info you seek here on the forum ;)
 
i would like to see more wales and dolphins in the u.k, but i expect alot of animal warefare charities willl start moaning as has been the case with london zoos tigers

im not sure if there are actually dolphins and whales in the u.k/
 
no there isnt
anyone who has chester zoo as there home zoo, or regulary visits chester zoo reply and see what they think about having whales and dolphins in chesters superzoo plan
 
same here, unless they are planning to put them in thier new aquarium
 
that is a shame, seeing as it is trying to be a superzoo

when you read this zoogiraffe, do you know if any zoos are tryin to acquire cetaceans?
 
I don't think this would be acceptable now - certainly not in the way it was forty years ago when there were quite a few commercial dolphinaria in the UK, including one in Central London on Oxford Street!
That doesn't mean that it won't ever become acceptable again, but it would need a real purpose for keeping them - a genuine and serious one, such as rehabilitation of sick or injured specimens, not just performing tricks for the punters. It would also need a big investment in a very large pool and the equipment to run it. It might then be possible to run a successful public relations campaign to justify the whole business.
On the other hand, I think zoos could find many better ways to spend their money.

Alan
 
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gentle lemur said:
I don't think this would be acceptable now - certainly not in the way it was forty years ago when there were quite a few commercial dolphinaria in the UK, including one in Central London on Oxford Street!
That doesn't mean that it won't ever become acceptable again, but it would need a real purpose for keeping them - a genuine and serious one, such as rehabilitation of sick or injured specimens, not just performing tricks for the punters. It would also need a big investment in a very large pool and the equipment to run it. It might then be possible to run a successful public relations campaign to justify the whole business.
On the other hand, I think zoos could find many better ways to spend their money.

Alan
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took the words rght out of my mouth ;)
 
Always wondered whether Biota! will keep belugas; this seems to have become quite a popular species for large aquariums, and it does make me think of the possibilities.
 
I don't think so. There's only one in captivity in Germany, whilst belugas are in much more stock proption-wise.
 
You can see dolphins in France, Parc Asterix paris, or soon in Planete Sauvage ( Nantes ). But a lot of public...stuff are against it...because of the cleverness of thoses animals... But i dont know much about that.

Im "hoofstock" :)
 
I don't think any whales will be kept in the UK for many yuears yet. If I remember UK law is very strict regarding this matter. It wouild be an expensive business to keep dolphins or whales.
 
cottoni said:
You can see dolphins in France, Parc Asterix paris, or soon in Planete Sauvage ( Nantes ). But a lot of public...stuff are against it...because of the cleverness of thoses animals... But i dont know much about that.

Im "hoofstock" :)
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yes i have seen them at planete sauvage and barcelona zoo.
 
Marwell Dalek said:
I don't think so. There's only one in captivity in Germany, whilst belugas are in much more stock proption-wise.
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good point, i didnt think of biota - had a quick look at the website, there is no metion of wales/dolphins, maybe the possobility of manatees and belugas....
 
Amazon river dolphins could be a possabilite (if they import some), as it would go with the amazon themed area. good point Tigerlemurguy, manatees would fit in there aswell.
as bongorob said, there is no mention of any of them for biota! but (ading sealions aswell) commersons and atlantic bottlenose dolphins would fit with the atlantic, also pantagonian sealion and west indian manatee,
side stiped dolphins for the indian ocean, calafornian sealions for the pacific with common dolphin, and amazon manatee with amazo river dolphin in the amazon biome
 
Cat-Man said:
Amazon river dolphins could be a possabilite (if they import some), as it would go with the amazon themed area. good point Tigerlemurguy, manatees would fit in there aswell.
as bongorob said, there is no mention of any of them for biota! but (ading sealions aswell) commersons and atlantic bottlenose dolphins would fit with the atlantic, also pantagonian sealion and west indian manatee,
side stiped dolphins for the indian ocean, calafornian sealions for the pacific with common dolphin, and amazon manatee with amazo river dolphin in the amazon biome
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Any species such as some of these which would have to be wild caught would be a more or less definate NO for any possible UK dolphinaria, because the antis could make a far bigger deal out of this than they could with (say) captive bred Bottlenoses (of which there are dozens and dozens floating about).

I have heard of plans for dolphinaria in the UK in the near(ish) future and I would guess that within 10 years we will probably have one if not more cetacean facilities in this country...... There will alway be problems with antis but many of the arguements applied to dolphinaria are no longer compatible with the modern way of keeping dolphins etc, and certain species like the BND can do extremely well in captivity with today's scientific advancements in management and veterinary care for these animals.
 
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