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For years, Kolmården Zoo operated as a breeding facility, supplying young “show-quality” dolphins to other dolphinariums across Europe. Despite announcing the closure of its dolphinarium in 2022, it has not been able to find new "homes" for the dolphins. Luna's story highlights the consequences of using dolphins for entertainment: a life shaped by confinement, prolonged illness, and interventions that have raised serious animal welfare concerns.

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Kolmården Zoo: A Dolphin’s 213 Days of Misery

Posts by : Helene O'Barry

A chronically ill dolphin at Kolmården Zoo in Sweden may have been subjected to unnecessary suffering. The Swedish news outlet TV4 News

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