EcoLur
It’s already two years that biologists and ecologists have been crying that Nemo Dolphinarium in Yerevan is not suitable for the maintenance of large sea animals. They warned that dolphins won’t stand such terrible conditions as extremely limited space, high loads and chlorinated water. They collect facts from all over the world, where dolphinariums with inappropriate conditions for dolphins are closed down. But our city authorities and the court which tries the lawsuit brought against Nature Protection Ministry and the Ministry itself don’t care a straw. “This is for our children,” you can hear such a statement from the officials. What they will tell us now, when the dolphins didn’t stand only after a year and four months and get sick (see “Water in Yerevan Nemo Dolphinarium Chlorinated Water and Dolphins Feeling Bad”). The Center for Bird Lovers and EcoDar have sued Nature Protection Ministry accusing it of inactions. Reminder: Nemo Dolphinarium in Yerevan was constructed without any environmental expert assessment. Dolphins are imported to Armenia with strange documents and Ministry clarifications that have nothing to do here is not sufficient for anybody. The court rejected the case.
And now dolphins are expected to go out of Armenia, allegedly for a tour in Russia. It turns out, dolphins were brought used and taken away. Who will be brought instead of them is unknown. The fact is that our authorities turned a blind eye to this suspicions transaction and no appeals to compliance with law helped in this case.
April 11, 2012 at 12:23