Tag: Mediterraneo Marine Park
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Calls grow to shut down Mediterraneo Marine Park over allegations of animal cruelty
The Mediterraneo Marine Park is once again under scrutiny following a protest organised yesterday morning by ADPD – The Green Party, calling for urgent action on what it describes as unacceptable conditions for captive animals, particularly dolphins, held at the facility. Led by Deputy Chairperson Melissa Bagley and officials Brian Decelis and Mark Zerafa, the…
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Exotic animal crisis: Momentum demands action as government enables cruelty and chaos
Momentum is reiterating calls for immediate government action after years of reported animal welfare failures involving exotic species continue to be met with silence and complicity. As The Maltese Herald previously reported last April, Mediterraneo Marine Park remains a key example of this failure. Despite a 2014 law banning circuses, Mediterraneo continues to operate as…
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Watch the cruelty of dolphin-captivity in the Mediterraneo Marine Park
When in 2014 the Labour government amended the Animal Welfare Act to ban circuses, the Mediterraneo Marine Park in Baħar iÄ‹-Ä‹agħaq, continued to operate in violation of the law. It still operates until this day with the delusional pretensions of being an educational and conservation centre. The Mediterraneo Marine Park is, in fact, a…
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Only 6 licensed zoos in Malta so far
The Ministry of Agriculture lists a total of 6 licensed zoos in Malta in its latest published list online (published in 2020). Two of them are composed of wild tigers and big cats, namely the one in Si??iewi by Anton Rea Cutajar, and another one in Ba?rija which once took fire. Note, that the the…
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The “marine park” is a circus
One of the ways that a society can be judged is by how it treats its vulnerable members and also its animals. I remember very well the fight to ban circuses in Malta and I am still confused how legally, the so called Mediterraneo Marine Park is not considered as so. The Labour government however…
