It has been a long time since I last posted an update here. But today I really felt I needed to take a moment to explain something that I believe is deeply concerning.

We are now more than 160,000 people standing together for something that, a few years ago, felt almost impossible: imagining a Spain without dolphinariums and without future generations of cetaceans condemned to captivity.

And now we are facing news that has left me deeply sad and worried.

Over the last few days, we have learned about plans to transfer Wikie and Keijo, two orcas from Marineland Antibes in France, to Loro Parque in Spain.

What hurts the most is that France passed a law to progressively end cetacean captivity, and many of us celebrated it as a historic step forward. I celebrated it too. But passing a law is not just about writing words on paper. It means taking responsibility and putting the necessary resources in place so that these animals do not simply remain part of the same business under a different name.

Because honestly, I feel that Europe is not ending captivity. It is just moving it somewhere else. And once again, Spain appears at the centre of the story.

Spanish authorities previously raised concerns regarding this transfer, and today many organisations and experts are asking for that position to remain strong.

That is why I want to ask the Spanish Government not to allow our country to continue increasing the number of captive cetaceans: dolphins, orcas and belugas.

Because I struggle to understand how a country that wants to lead the ecological transition can also continue leading something as painful as cetacean captivity in Europe.

We are not simply talking about animals inside pools. We are talking about beings with complex family relationships, capable of feeling, communicating and suffering. We are talking about future generations that could be born into a system they may never leave.

And I say this with the same coherence I try to apply every day to my activism: my campaign has never fought from a place of naïve hope, believing that tomorrow every gate will suddenly open and every animal will be free.

I fight to break the cycle. To make sure no cetacean is born already condemned.

So today I want to ask for your help again.

Please share this campaign. Talk about it. Read about it. Help people understand what captivity really means.

Because we are now more than 160,000 people, and every wave begins with individual drops of water.

Thank you for continuing to be here and for continuing this fight with me.

Olivia

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