Not many of us know the sad story behind the lovely entertaining show performed by these adorable creatures in Dolphinariums. Dolphinarium has no right to enslave dolphins and pretend they educate people to sealife. Performance shows conducted in similar facilities bring almost no educational value. No dolphinarium can provide conditions, which will enable dolphins to have a healthy life and ensure their well-being. In captivity, those animals experience physical and mental suffering due to limited living space, continuous noise of music and water-filtering equipment, harmful chemicals in the water and lack of stimulation. Food is being withheld from them to force them to perform. In the wild, dolphins create extensive social relations within their relatives, while groups in dolphinaria are composed of random, unrelated individuals. Young dolphins are taken from their mothers too early for them to learn proper social interactions which later results in aggression towards their companions and human caretakers. Bored and stressed animals often suffer from stress-induced diseases, such as ulcers and lowered immunity as well as present stereotypical behavior and apathy. In order to keep them performing, it is a common practice to give them invasive medication, included psychotropic drugs. Above mentioned issues significantly affect well-being of animals both taken from the wild and born in captivity (regardless whether animals in question are from the first or the second captive generation), as they relate to dolphin’s genotype and behavior, it’s natural instincts and needs.  We sincerely hope that information given above will stop you from buying ticket for these kind of shows from now on and support us with signing this petition.