07/01/2025
Fantastic news!
VICTORY! Mexico bans dolphins and sea mammals in captivity! 🐬 🎉🩵
With full support from both the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, Mexico has passed legislation that prohibits the use of dolphins in shows, therapy, entertainment, research, and any other activity not related to conservation. The law also bans the breeding of dolphins in captivity.
“In March, Mexico’s Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection (Profepa) suspended shows at the Barceló Maya after the emergence earlier this year of a 2020 video of a leaping Mincho landing hard on concrete, and amid reports of the deaths of two other dolphins, Alex and Plata, last year.
Environment officials affirmed enforcement commitments during a June 18 meeting with Empty the Tanks activists, pledging permit reviews across all captive wildlife facilities.
Mexico houses approximately 350 captive dolphins,
ranking among the world’s top 10 dolphinarium operators.” Mexico News Daily
May every nation ban captivity! Thank you Mexico! 🇲🇽
Jurisdictions that have full or partial bans on keeping dolphins in captivity: Bolivia, China, Canada, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Hungary, India, Slovenia, Switzerland, and the American states California, New York, and South Carolina.