STOP dolphin captivity in Egypt

Since the 17th of August 2010, HEPCA has been spearheading a massive campaign against planned dolphinariums in Hurgada. The campaign began when four bottlenose dolphins being held in captivity were first reported to us by our members. The animals are from Japan, most likely caught at sea in the infamously cruel drive hunts (www.thecovemovie.com), and are proposed for transfer to the Sharm El Sheik dolphinarium (Dolphina Park) as soon as the required quarantine (105 days) is over. We have also discovered that 4 more dolphins are expected to be imported from Japan and assigned to a brand new dolphinarium in Makadi Bay, Hurghada.

By signing this petition, you can help us put a stop to this cruel practice.

There are serious conservation and welfare concerns associated with the capture of dolphins in drive hunts and other live capture operations and their export overseas for display in dolphinaria. These dolphins should never have come to Egypt. Due to a serious lack of regulations, these animals are now doomed to live a life of imprisonment.

Furthermore, the Red Sea Governorate, after being informed about the four dolphins, officially defined its position against holding dolphins in captivity within the borders of  its jurisdiction.

Your immediate action is needed. Please sign the petition to tell the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation and  the Ministry of State for Environmental Affairs  that you firmly object to dolphin captivity.

 

 

Dear decision makers,

We, the undersigned, are hereby proclaiming our disapproval of keeping dolphins in captivity within the borders of Egypt.  The existence of dolphinaria is detrimental to the welfare of dolphins and causes harm and death to them through capture, transportation, and confinement in captivity. This is true for both wild-captured and captive-born animals.

Our request is based on scientific and factual evidence that keeping dolphins in captivity only benefits humans who profit from them, but has no conservation, educational or scientific value whatsoever.

Governments need to be firmer in their response to these important threats to these animals and prevent dolphinaria from establishing, while also helping to educate the public, many of whom flock to dolphinaria to watch the dolphins cavorting, blissfully unaware of the suffering and death toll that such shows entail.

We hereby respectfully petition you to:

  • PREVENT the opening of a new dolphinarium in Makadi Bay (south of Hurghada) which is supposed to open its gates soon.
  • DO NOT grant any further permits for the establishment of dolphinaria in the Red Sea Governorate
  • PASS required legislation to prohibit commercial captive display of dolphins and other marine mammals in Egypt, as another Party to ACCOBAMS, Croatia, has done.

We will lobby vigorously, for the passing of new laws to make Egypt and especially the Red Sea Governorate free from this heartbreaking, inhumane business.

  • PREVENT the opening of a new dolphinarium in Makadi Bay (sout... more
STOP dolphin captivity in Egypt

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People Signed: 8975
 
Targeted Signatures: 10000

People Signed the Petition:

#8977- 07:51, May 22, nicole derogis, France
#8976- 06:39, May 22, Gegge Wies, Germany
#8975- 06:02, May 22, Robin Zimmermann, Netherlands
#8974- 02:27, May 21, Anna Harimana, Netherlands
#8973- 12:54, May 18, jamees clark, Oman
#8972- 01:29, May 17, barbara siraut, Belgium
The red sea has a treasure with the dolfins and all corals, fishes. It is really important to preserve it and to teach all people how to act in the sea. We need to respect our planet ! So, of course, we have to fight against the capitivity of dolfins ! Sure, we have to fight against the business around the dolfins.
#8971- 09:23, May 16, Marco Nagy, Italy
Shift places, dolphinaria's manager with dolphins, and I will surely come to visit the dolphinaria in Sharm el Sheikh...
#8970- 04:09, May 16, Phillip Lake, United Kingdom
#8969- 03:20, May 14, JENNIE WATSON, Egypt
please stop this needless killing NOW!!!!!!
#8968- 13:39, May 13, Hedaya Hemayed, Egypt
I'm really keen on working with you guys. I love the whole idea and I totally support it. I'm a student in the faculty of Al-sun by the way. :)
#8967- 09:52, May 13, Peter Hassa, Germany
#8966- 05:33, May 12, Melissa Schuh, Germany
#8965- 04:09, May 12, petra janssens, Belgium
#8964- 10:32, May 11, Ingrid Jouette, France
#8963- 04:57, May 01, Mohamed El Zaafarani, Egypt
#8962- 11:55, Apr 24, Caro Noemi Stoeckermann, Germany
Save the Dolphines!
#8961- 13:51, Apr 22, Maria Wagner, Egypt
#8960- 19:26, Apr 16, Jemima Leadbeater, New Zealand
Turtles are pretty much the best animal ever made.
#8959- 19:25, Apr 16, Liam Finlayson, New Zealand
Turtles should be saved. :D
#8958- 04:58, Apr 16, Marcel Clusa, Spain
#8957- 01:42, Apr 16, Petra Koelbl, Egypt
Dolphins are innocent! Why should they be in a prisson?
#8956- 11:19, Apr 11, abdelrahman zakaria, Egypt
#8955- 09:15, Apr 07, Judith Whetton, United Kingdom
All dolphins should swim freely in Egypt. No tour operator should patronise these outfits
#8954- 12:39, Apr 02, Rob Yarwood, United Kingdom
#8953- 16:52, Apr 01, Chloe Hyslop, United Kingdom
#8952- 06:44, Mar 28, sara el laithy, Egypt
#8951- 06:36, Mar 28, Ismail Rashad, Egypt
Dolphins should be kept in the sea, and not by any means become a kind of amusement for us. Greed and thrive for money has conquered people's minds and they cannot see what they're doing to the world. Taking free wild dolphins and putting them in captivity, just for money. This dolphin abuse must stop.
#8950- 01:12, Mar 20, Jack Mayhew, United Kingdom
What have dolphins and turtles done to us? Sea creatures definetly deserve to live as much as us. Please stop it's just not fair.
#8949- 19:51, Mar 19, Lillian Green, United States
#8948- 10:11, Mar 19, Shady Hamza, Egypt
#8947- 08:33, Mar 18, emma turner, Greece
#8946- 07:25, Mar 18, Joke Bletsis, Greece
#8945- 21:07, Mar 17, jacques royer, France
#8944- 17:55, Mar 17, Ricky Beijen, Spain
#8943- 10:29, Mar 17, lafaut didier, Belgium
give dolphins their freedom
#8942- 10:28, Mar 17, nuttin dimitri, Belgium
dolphins in captivity is a disgrace
#8941- 10:25, Mar 17, lafaut emmanuel, Belgium
dolphins must be free
#8940- 05:37, Mar 03, christopher wilkinson, United Kingdom
this needs to stop, not just in egypt but worldwide....its a disgrace!!
#8939- 01:53, Mar 03, Ahmed El Manharawy, Egypt
#8938- 13:43, Mar 02, Linda Aanestad, Norway
#8937- 08:03, Mar 01, Annika Rabe, Germany
#8936- 02:12, Mar 01, Rostyslav Krotov, Ukraine
Stop to kills dolphins
#8935- 01:14, Mar 01, fares awija, Syrian Arab Republic
#8934- 00:07, Mar 01, Sabine Schreiber, Switzerland
#8933- 23:50, Feb 28, Vagif Chelabiev, Russian Federation
#8932- 14:35, Feb 28, Oliver Hartschen, Germany
#8931- 14:04, Feb 28, Anna Koshikova, Egypt
#8930- 08:47, Feb 22, Michael Beck, Germany
#8929- 04:50, Feb 21, Elaine Wilson, United Kingdom
#8928- 09:31, Feb 12, alessandra petrini, Italy
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