Hotels with Captive Dolphins

Vacation planning can be fun and exciting, but it is important to be a responsible tourist and continue your commitment to cetaceans and our oceans when away from home. There is a lot of confusion with many marine parks misleadingly listing themselves as “wildlife sanctuaries” or “rescue” facilities on travel sites. An easy rule of thumb to consider while making your travel plans, is if you are paying to interact with a wild animal, then it probably isn’t a genuine sanctuary or rescue. Places will sometimes boast about their dolphins living in open ocean pens or areas that they can leave when they want. However, if you look at the fine print and read between the lines, you will see these are still trained dolphins, doing dolphin swim activities with tourists in exchange for food.