Spain’s Social Rights Minister, Ione Belarra announced during a recent press conference that as part of proposed changes to animal welfare laws, the country will be converting zoos and dolphinariums into recovery centres for native species. As Spain holds beluga whales which are non-native, how this will impact the public display industry is as yet unclear.
Dolphins moved to China from Spain
On 3 September, nine bottlenose dolphins were quietly transferred from Selwo Marina in Spain’s Costa del Sol, to facilities on
