Dolphins’ psychological trauma after being hunted for marine parks revealed in new research
The IndependentSign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The stress and acute trauma resulting from being chased at sea, driven towards shore, corralled by speed boats and then violently handled during the selection process, is profoundly inhumane,” said study leader Courtney Vail, from environmental consultancy the Lightkeepers Foundation. “Survivors that witness the capture and killing of close pod mates are likely to be caused significant stress,” said co-author Philippa Brakes, a research fellow at charity Whale and Dolphin Conservation. In Taiji, dolphins are corralled into a cove before being captured for aquaria or slaughtered The new paper published in the Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, which she co-authored, supports the idea that drive hunts, which are also practised in the Faroe Islands, are inherently inhumane. She said she hoped their findings would help end the capture of these animals for use in aquaria by drive hunting – a practice that has already faced criticism from many zoo organisations.
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