US EditionPressure Mounts to Relocate Orcas and Dolphins from Closed French Marine Park
- Two captive orcas, Wikie aged 23 and her 11-year-old son Keijo, remain trapped in the closed Marineland Antibes near Cannes since January 2025.
- Marineland shut due to a 2021 French law banning cetacean shows, and despite seeking alternatives, French authorities have rejected relocation proposals including sites in Japan and Tenerife.
- Activists and a minimal staff maintain the animals in algae-filled pools with little mental stimulation, warning the deteriorating conditions pose serious risks to the orcas' welfare.
- French ecology minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher and campaigners stress urgency to find a European sanctuary, but none currently exists, while The Whale Sanctuary Project offers a Canadian site as the only prepared option.
- The ongoing failure to rehouse Wikie and Keijo leaves them confined in failing enclosures, underscoring urgent needs for temporary care solutions until a permanent sanctuary is established.
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A video showing the orcas and dolphins of the former Marineland Park of Antibes, in the south of France, turning in circles in basins that seem to be abandoned, has revived this week the controversy about the fate of the...
A French park where people used to go to see marine animals was forced to close in January by authorities. However, two killer whales and twelve dolphins still live there, and all previous efforts to relocate them have failed.
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