NS is stopping its cooperation with the Dolfinarium after years. Due to animal welfare concerns, the combination of a train ticket and access to the marine mammal park in Hardewijk will no longer be available after next month. “We talked to Bite Back, and based on those insights, we decided that the Dolfinarium no longer fits in the offer.” Bite …
The "Discover, Experience, and Protect" slogan of the Dolfinarium in Hardewijk is misleading, the Advertising Code Committee ruled in a complaint filed by animal rights organization House of Animals, Omroep Gelderland reports. According to the committee, the word "protect" in the slogan gives the impression that visitors are making a direct contribution to the protection of the animals by buying …
A stingray at dolphin park Dolfinarium in Harderwijk has reproduced without apparently having mated. ‘The female has been swimming around without having seen a male in over seven years,’ general manager Alex Tiebot told the AD. It may be a case of parthogenesis, Tiebot said, a survival strategy where females give birth without fertilisation by a male taking place. Evolutionary …