Conservation Groups Alarmed at Marine Mammals' Deaths in Spain
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The 29-year-old male dolphin, Rocky, died on the night of Saturday 10 to Sunday 11 October, announced the Spanish park Selwo Marina. The animal had been transferred to the other side of the Pyrenees after the closure of the Marineland of Antibes. - Rocky, one of the former dolphins of Marineland, died in Spain (Environment).
Rocky, a 29-year-old male dolphin, was one of eight cetaceans sent in July to a park near Malaga, a transfer that Sea Sheperd had tried to block in court.
Cetacean defense associations denounce the death of Rocky, a 29-year-old dolphin transferred this summer to a Spanish park despite repeated warnings Cetacean defense associations
Anger rises on the side of cetacean defense associations after the death of Rocky, a male dolphin transferred from the Marineland of Antibes to a Spanish animal park,
AFP solicited Marineland, closed since January 2025, confirmed the death of a 29-year-old male dolphin, Rocky, on the night of Saturday to Sunday, stating that he had been informed by Selwo Marina Park near Malaga, which was going to carry out an autopsy. Rocky's death was the result of the death of five other cetaceans, since their transfer this summer from a closed animal park in Canada to aquariums in the United States and Spain.
Several associations denounce the transfer of the cetacean from Marineland to Spain in July 2026.
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