Killer whales risk death after being left in captivity in the past five months – animals

A few killer whales faces a struggle for survival after leaving a French Riviera tourist attraction.

In January of this year, Marineland of Antibes closed his doors after 55 years due to the declining number of visitors and the increased regulations for animal captivity in the country. But 23-year-old mother Wikie and the 11-year-old son Keijo stay in her mucus-covered, solemn housing, which is only visited by the mandatory skeletal personnel of the administrative society for feeding purposes, and no longer as much other (over the mirror).

Tragically, this flies into the face of everything we know about orcas, namely the apex predator of the ocean; High social and regular mental suggestion.

Co -founder of the activist group Tidebreakers, Marketa Schusterova, claims that the mammals “get sick” and die “if they are not transported elsewhere soon.

“We know from the review of footage [of Marineland] That the tank causes a danger, “added Marketa.” We know that he is not cleaned and falls apart. It is a danger to these orcas every day.

“We are very concerned that the situation is so critical and the water quality deteriorates so far that they cause health problems to these whales and joking before they have the chance to actually see a sanctuary what is tragic because the male, keijo is only 11 years old.

Marineland himself confirms the extreme urgency to transfer Wikie and Keijo to a “operational goal”, but every planned step has fallen so far apart.

The Loro Parque Zoo of Tenerife was only blocked by the Spanish government by the mother and child's apartment. An apparently perfect location in Nova Scotia could be on the cards, which breaks off a 1,000 hectare Bay with 1,600 m of the escape -safe network.

The best result is that you are transferred to Nova Scotia (Mohamad Salaheldin Abdelg Alsayed/Anadolu via Getty Images).

“Since last year we have been strong supporters that these two orcas should be moved to an area of ​​the coast that would be larger in natural sea water and save them from repeating services in concrete tanks,” said David Phillips, director of the international marine -season project at the Earth Island Institute.

“While the French ministry has given a preference for a sanctuary in the EU, we are of the opinion that the whale protection area developed in Nova Scotia is a very sustainable alternative that was previously selected as the best option by the General Inspector of the French Ministry.

“Orcas do not belong in concrete tanks; they belong in the ocean,” he continued.

In the meantime, Antibes Park also houses 12 stranded dolphins with bottlenecks, the future of which is still to be determined.