{"id":758869,"date":"2019-11-21T08:59:17","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T13:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=758869"},"modified":"2019-11-21T08:59:17","modified_gmt":"2019-11-21T13:59:17","slug":"the-countries-keeping-the-most-dolphins-in-captivity-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/animalrightswatch.us\/?p=758869","title":{"rendered":"The Countries Keeping The Most Dolphins In Captivity [Infographic]"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<blockquote  class=\"bs-quote bs-quote-1 bsq-t1 bsq-s1 bsq-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"quote-content\">\n\t\t\t<p>336 facilities in 54 countries are known to keep dolphins and 60% of all captive animals worldwide are found in just five countries: China (23%), Japan (16%), the United States (13%), Mexico (8%) and Russia (5%).<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>NIALL MCCARTHY:<\/strong> <em>&#8216;A new report by World Animal Protection has outlined the massive scale of the multibillion dollar dolphin entertainment industry. Despite the 1993 feature film &#8220;Free Willy&#8221; giving the anti-captivity movement a boost and the more recent documentary &#8220;Blackfish&#8221; resulting in a considerable backlash against the industry, the report still identified 3,603 cetaceans in captivity globally, of which 3,029 are dolphins. Venues capitalize on the animals in a variety of ways from displays to interaction activities and it estimates that all captive dolphins in the tourism industry generate between $1.1 and $5.5 billion annually.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>336 facilities in 54 countries are known to keep dolphins and 60% of all captive animals worldwide are found in just five countries: China (23%), Japan (16%), the United States (13%), Mexico (8%) and Russia (5%)&#8230; Despite changing attitudes in the United States, American marine parks are still keeping 400 dolphins in captivity.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>When it comes to geographical regions rather than specific countries, the Mexico, Caribbean, Bahamas and Bermuda (MCBB) region accounts for 19% of all captive dolphins globally with The Bahamas coming first for the average number of animals per facility. The report emphasized the difficulty of the situation with releases of captive-bred dolphins deemed unrealistic due to their artificial upbringing and lack of a natural skillset&#8217;.<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/niallmccarthy\/2019\/11\/12\/the-countries-keeping-the-most-dolphins-in-captivity-infographic\/#2e670c5337e3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>SOURCE&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED SOURCE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cS2FDftTFl8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NIALL MCCARTHY: &#8216;A new report by World Animal Protection has outlined the massive scale of the multibillion dollar dolphin entertainment industry. 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