🐬💙 Marine Mammal Monday(Belated due to technical difficulties): A Stranded Dolphin & a Collective Effort 💙🐬 On Wednesday, 21 January, a live dolphin was found ashore when Philip Pretorius came across her on the beach. He quickly contacted his dad, Deon, who alerted Verona Veltman, coordinator of the local stranding response network. As soon as they were notified, Bayworld’s local stranding response agents, Jaap van Veen and Lionel Taylor, rushed to the scene. They carried out an initial asse

Data from marine mammal inventory reports show that by far most captive dolphins are captive bred and not rescued. In the worst cases, some facilities still purchase wild-captured dolphins from Taiji’s notoriously cruel dolphin drive hunts to fill their tanks and sell their tickets. ➡️ The easiest way YOU can help take action is to pledge NOT to support this industry: https://bit.ly/TakeTheDolphinPledge (This tells lawmakers and the industry itself that we want to see an end to dolphin captivity