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DOLPHINS KEPT IN DOLPHINARIUMS CAN POSE THREAT TO HUMAN LIFE
Tert.am
24.12.10
Dolphins kept in a non-free environment often suffer stress and
can pose a serious threat to human life, the Foundation for the
Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Values and several Armenian
environmental NGOs (Eko dar, Eko dashink and ProwPaws) have said in
a joint statement, calling on the Yerevan Municipality to suspend
the operation of the newly opened dolphinarium in the capital.
The activists of the joint environmental initiative find that
dolphins which are kept in dolphinariiums cannot have theurapethic
effect on humans, as the organization importing the dolphins had
announced earlier.
"Taking advantage of society's non-awareness, businessmen today earn
mega money in this way. I don't think Armenia is a proper country
for such adventurers," the head of the foundation, Ruben Khachatryan,
told a news conference on Friday.
He said a large quantity of chlorin is needed for keeping dolphins
in blue water and that makes the animals blind.
Speaking further of the possible hazards, President of ProwPaws
organization Elsik Azizyan enumerated five main conditions for keeping
dolphins, adding that the the dolphinarium in Yerevan meets none
of them.
"Dolphins pass an average of 100 meters per day and dive into water
from a depth of 20 meters, while the dolphinarium in Yerevan is just
18 meters in diameter and 5 meters in depth. Besdies, the dolphins
in Yerevan will be fed frozen fish, which violates their right to
get proper food," he said.
The Armenian environmentalists' initiative is supported by their
Ukrainian colleagues who are going to hold a protest outside Ukraine's
Nature Protection Ministry on Monday.
The Ukrainian company Nerum reportedly intended to import four
dolphins and other water animals to Armenia. The company's activities
in Ukrain have been officially declared illegal and it is currently
facing several lawsuits.
From: A. Papazian
Tert.am
24.12.10
Dolphins kept in a non-free environment often suffer stress and
can pose a serious threat to human life, the Foundation for the
Preservation of Wildlife and Cultural Values and several Armenian
environmental NGOs (Eko dar, Eko dashink and ProwPaws) have said in
a joint statement, calling on the Yerevan Municipality to suspend
the operation of the newly opened dolphinarium in the capital.
The activists of the joint environmental initiative find that
dolphins which are kept in dolphinariiums cannot have theurapethic
effect on humans, as the organization importing the dolphins had
announced earlier.
"Taking advantage of society's non-awareness, businessmen today earn
mega money in this way. I don't think Armenia is a proper country
for such adventurers," the head of the foundation, Ruben Khachatryan,
told a news conference on Friday.
He said a large quantity of chlorin is needed for keeping dolphins
in blue water and that makes the animals blind.
Speaking further of the possible hazards, President of ProwPaws
organization Elsik Azizyan enumerated five main conditions for keeping
dolphins, adding that the the dolphinarium in Yerevan meets none
of them.
"Dolphins pass an average of 100 meters per day and dive into water
from a depth of 20 meters, while the dolphinarium in Yerevan is just
18 meters in diameter and 5 meters in depth. Besdies, the dolphins
in Yerevan will be fed frozen fish, which violates their right to
get proper food," he said.
The Armenian environmentalists' initiative is supported by their
Ukrainian colleagues who are going to hold a protest outside Ukraine's
Nature Protection Ministry on Monday.
The Ukrainian company Nerum reportedly intended to import four
dolphins and other water animals to Armenia. The company's activities
in Ukrain have been officially declared illegal and it is currently
facing several lawsuits.
From: A. Papazian