Killer Whales Trapped In Abandoned French Marine Park 4 Months After Closure
It’s been more than four months since Marineland, a marine park in southern France, announced its closure, but two killer whales and a dozen dolphins are still stranded there. TideBreakers, an animal advocacy group, recently released distressing aerial footage of orcas – Wikie, 23, and her son Keijo, 11 – swimming aimlessly in the abandoned Marineland Antibes near Cannes, France. Activists rushed to relocate the abandoned creatures after they were left in what they described as “dangerous” and “despairing” conditions, The Standard reported. “The mother and son are still trapped there, waiting for their fate in collapsing tanks,” TideBreakers wrote, sharing the video on May 11. Approximately 45 kilometres west of Monaco on the French Riviera’s southern coastal town of Antibes, the park houses 12 abandoned dolphins in the algae-infested, deteriorating tanks. According to Marketa Schusterova, co-founder of TideBreakers, the emergency in Marineland Antibes needs to be addressed globally. “These are the last two remaining orcas in France in captivity and should be moved quickly,” Schusterova said, South West News Service reported. He added that the orcas …
