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:

#8777- 04:26, Aug 30, Janine Kurth, Germany
Please stop this cruelty asap.
#8776- 06:40, Aug 29, Anita Schlüchter, Switzerland
#8775- 15:06, Aug 25, Victoria Hanna, Egypt
It is the government's responsibility to enforce the law and protect these dolphins as some people do not have a conscience to tell them that animals are not put on earth to suffer for our amusement.
#8774- 06:12, Aug 23, Nayera Mohammad, Egypt
#8773- 02:35, Aug 18, Philippe Maratuech, France
Set the free, let them swin and live in the sea, their natureal element!
#8772- 06:47, Aug 17, Nathalie Boumendil, France
#8771- 07:45, Aug 14, Ahmed Ibrahim, Egypt
Dolphins should be free to enjoy thier enviroment not be trapped for us to enjoy them
#8770- 09:54, Aug 08, Jakub Rudolff, United Kingdom
#8769- 09:08, Aug 08, Zelna Johnson, South Africa
Help protect the marine enviroment, so that our kids kids and their kids can enjoy the beauty of the underwater world
#8768- 05:33, Aug 04, Wim Breeman, Netherlands
#8767- 18:31, Aug 03, nigel stephens, United Kingdom
#8766- 09:40, Aug 02, amr el batouti, Egypt
please rescue dolphins of the red sea
#8765- 03:28, Aug 01, katja ehrhardt, Germany
I have just learnd that Turkey is closing all its dolphinaria because the tourists was shocked by this animal abuse. Please follow this very good example and make Egypt a modern county.
#8764- 04:03, Jul 31, Juliet Kennard, United Kingdom
No animal should be held in captivity for the entertainment of others! People are free to see these in their own habitat if they choose to do so.
#8763- 02:19, Jul 24, Rob-www.dustytours.nl Bonechopper, Netherlands
Keep the dolphins where they belong; In the Red Sea!
#8762- 12:04, Jul 22, Anna Guldager, Sweden
Dolphins are as curious as humans and should not be subjected to involuntary captivity.
#8761- 15:17, Jul 18, Mark van Kooten, Netherlands
Dolphins are wild animals. Keep it that way. The one who are as responible for keeping dolpnins in a aquarium are the people who pay money to see them that way.
#8760- 02:42, Jul 17, islam elnahas, Egypt
#8759- 06:52, Jul 16, Angelique Mandervelt, Luxembourg
#8758- 11:46, Jul 14, cave man, Canada
We have to stop exploting these animals!
#8757- 19:48, Jul 13, Nicole Compton, United States
As a society we need to start protecting our environment. innocent animals should not have to suffer for human enjoyment. if humans want to appreciate dolphins or any other wild animals they should view them in their natural habitat not in a holding pen. dolphins are meant to swim free in the oceans, not in circle in a pool.
#8756- 06:51, Jul 13, ilona selan , Germany
#8755- 06:49, Jul 13, werner wasik, Germany
#8754- 06:49, Jul 13, vicky wasik, Germany
#8753- 06:48, Jul 13, samy mustafa, Egypt
#8752- 06:47, Jul 13, vanessa wasik, Egypt
#8751- 05:52, Jul 13, Katja Pittelkau, Egypt
#8750- 05:24, Jul 13, Nina Tillmann, Germany
#8749- 04:07, Jul 11, Thomas Lüker, Germany
Stop this curelty immediately!
#8748- 06:00, Jul 06, Lucia Kirchgeorg, Switzerland
#8747- 04:01, Jul 06, Mina Elmasry, Egypt
#8746- 06:18, Jul 05, Brenda Robinson, Canada
Dolphins deserve to be free, not in jails.
#8745- 05:06, Jul 05, Gisa Scheschonka, Germany
#8744- 10:36, Jul 04, Robert Belina, Germany
#8743- 10:35, Jul 04, Steffi Belina, Germany
#8742- 09:14, Jul 03, Adriana Kassuhn, Italy
I don't like watching dolphins in a pool at all, I want them FREE living in their habitat.
#8741- 09:04, Jun 29, Alya Osman, Egypt
#8740- 11:26, Jun 25, Paul Dunn, United Kingdom
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE CONFINED?
#8739- 11:36, Jun 23, Larissa Stermann, Germany
Its really a shame to torture the dolphins like that... I hope that we can give them back their life.
#8738- 06:10, Jun 22, Vojislav Vukotić, Serbia and Montenegro
#8737- 06:52, Jun 20, Sabrina Wendlandt, Egypt
#8736- 10:14, Jun 19, floor debets, Netherlands
#8735- 14:52, Jun 18, philip timmins, United Kingdom
they should be left in their own natural habitat and should be free
#8734- 18:51, Jun 15, Nour Badr, Egypt
#8733- 05:12, Jun 13, Gerd Pörsch, Germany
#8732- 04:32, Jun 12, Maria Sayed, Egypt
stop the nonsense!
#8731- 14:11, Jun 07, Jonatan Nielsen, Denmark
How can anyone kill the most amazing animal in the world? THIS HAS TO STOP!!!!!
#8730- 11:10, Jun 05, Vincent VICTORIN, France
#8729- 02:35, Jun 03, Torben Kettner, Germany
#8728- 10:59, Jun 01, Rachel Barton, United Kingdom
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