Swimming with dolphins in Marineland

[@pinesparrow]

One of my fondness memories growing up in Florida was a field trip to Marineland in Elementary.

[@chitrathiyagarajan4545]

Like the way how you started with the history of the place. Thanks for the info !

[@WeAreJustLivingOnLove]

I am a Florida resident trying to save to take my step son .#super excited 😊

[@charlescollins7294]

Highly recommend this adventure. I have had pleasant encounters with 1 of their Dolphin Trainers that really was proficient at her J.O.B!

[@charlescollins7294]

Fliechen!

[@tinab.5169]

No thank you. Dolphins are wild animals and no toys please inform visitors well. If you are really a dolphin lover you enjoy such animals in the wild. Please ask where the animals come from. A children was hurt a few days ago while she was like to swim with a dolphin ...That is a nogo for dolphin lovers and visitors

[@Lifted0311]

their dolphins are all either rehab or dolphins born in captivity from other parks (or their own if they get a pregnancy). As such, they cannot be released in the wild

[@tinab.5169]

@@Lifted0311 My comment was not to free them in the wild but refuse to entertain with dolphins. That is not good for the health of the dolphins and sometimes for the visitors. Dolphins are no toys and have better places and posibilities without entertainment. That is oldfashioned and visitors are not blind and stupid. I can you share contacts for looking for better places.

[@キン-u5l]

@@tinab.5169 they're not treating them like toys. The training isn't just for entertainment of people, it's enrichment and they enjoy it. Dolphins are highlu intelligent, so they enjoy doing trainimg and they are a species that is curious about humans. They think we're the ones entertaining them. Parks like marineland are important and they do a lot for conaervation efforts

[@michellependergrass2584]

you could do just do a little research: "Thanks to the dedicated professionals who care for these animals, reproduction programs have been very successful, with almost 70 percent of the bottlenose dolphins in accredited zoos, aquariums and marine parks born in these facilities. As for Marineland, we have not collected any dolphins from the wild since 1972."