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SILVA ADAMYAN: WE WERE SURE THAT DOLPHINARIUM NEMO WILL BE CLOSED DOWN
ARMINFO
Wednesday, March 6, 19:22
"I was sure that Dolphinarium Nemo will be closed down," says Silva
Adamyan, Head of the Bird Fans Center NGO, when commenting on the
reports on termination of the Dolphinarium's activity in an interview
with ArmInfo.
She said that experts have repeatedly alarmed that dolphins are kept
in dissatisfactory conditions at the dolphinarium in Yerevan. The
resolution by the specialists of the New Yorl Zoology Institute says
that fresh water is fatal for dolphins.
"We knew that that business would fail as the owners of the
dolphinarium would have to pay 30,000 EUR for every new animal if
the existing ones died," Adamyan said.
The dolphinarium was put into exploitation in Yerevan in December
2010. Four dolphins and two seals were imported in Armenia from
Ukraine. Environmentalists had repeatedly alarmed that the Ukrainian
Nerum Company that transported the dolphins to Yerevan was recognized
illegal in Ukraine. The Bird Fans Center NGO and Ecodar NGO applied to
the court against the Nature Protection Ministry over some violations.
Environmentalists say that Nemo Dolphinarium lacks documents on import
of dolphins to Armenia. On April 10 2012 the court rejected the claim
against the dolphinarium.
After the last show at Dolphinarium Nemo in early February 2012
the animals were transported to Ukraine. The building is subject
to demolition.
ARMINFO
Wednesday, March 6, 19:22
"I was sure that Dolphinarium Nemo will be closed down," says Silva
Adamyan, Head of the Bird Fans Center NGO, when commenting on the
reports on termination of the Dolphinarium's activity in an interview
with ArmInfo.
She said that experts have repeatedly alarmed that dolphins are kept
in dissatisfactory conditions at the dolphinarium in Yerevan. The
resolution by the specialists of the New Yorl Zoology Institute says
that fresh water is fatal for dolphins.
"We knew that that business would fail as the owners of the
dolphinarium would have to pay 30,000 EUR for every new animal if
the existing ones died," Adamyan said.
The dolphinarium was put into exploitation in Yerevan in December
2010. Four dolphins and two seals were imported in Armenia from
Ukraine. Environmentalists had repeatedly alarmed that the Ukrainian
Nerum Company that transported the dolphins to Yerevan was recognized
illegal in Ukraine. The Bird Fans Center NGO and Ecodar NGO applied to
the court against the Nature Protection Ministry over some violations.
Environmentalists say that Nemo Dolphinarium lacks documents on import
of dolphins to Armenia. On April 10 2012 the court rejected the claim
against the dolphinarium.
After the last show at Dolphinarium Nemo in early February 2012
the animals were transported to Ukraine. The building is subject
to demolition.