"If We Don't Do Anything, the Animals Will Die Here": in the Marineland Ghost of Antibes, Orcas and Dolphins Still Between Two Waters

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A ghost park for the past year, Antibes Park still houses two orcas and twelve dolphins in dilapidated basins. It wants to transfer animals to Spain this summer, but France opposes it and prefers a sanctuary in Nova Scotia, Canada.

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One year after the closure to the public of Europe's largest marine park on 5 January 2025, the last cetaceans living in dilapidated basins are blocked, with no short-term transfer solutions.

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It's been exactly one year since Marineland Antibes closed its doors to visitors on January 5, 2025. Since then, two orcas and twelve dolphins have been swimming in circles in dilapidated, algae-filled tanks, waiting to be transferred elsewhere. On December 13, the Ministry of Ecological Transition announced that the two orcas would be sent to the Canadian sanctuary in Nova Scotia during the summer of 2026. As for the twelve dolphins, they will …