An eight-year-old dolphin named Shadow mysteriously died after being exposed to two days of techno music at a waterpark in Switzerland. The park was the venue for a weekend-long dance event, which exposed the highly sensitive marine mammals to nearly 48 hours of repetitive beats. Several days later, Shadow became agitated and died. While there is no way to prove a direct correlation between the two events, animal activists had warned park management that the noise from the event could cause undo stress on the dolphins who call the park home.
“We have reasonable evidence to suggest that the extreme noise levels from the two day techno party severely affected the immune system of the dolphins,” said Jürgen Ortmüller from the Whale and Dolphin Protection Society. “Dolphins are very sensitive creatures. We warned against a techno party taking place in this location for these very reasons.”
Park officials deny any wrong-doing. Shadow was the seventh dolphin in three years to die at the park.
[...] this one definitely falls into the negs category. Last fall we reported that a dolphin named Shadow died two days after a rave event was held at the water park in Switzerland where Shadow was a — ahem — resident. At the time, it [...]
[...] on one of the two dolphin deaths at this waterpark in Switzerland. Another died within days of this report.) An eight-year-old dolphin named Shadow mysteriously died after being exposed to two days of [...]
Seven dolphins have died at this park in the past three years? What kind of track record is that?
Yea, did they ever think that maybe DOPLHINS BELONG IN THE WILD, NOT CAPTIVITY……bunch of a-holes…
[...] kills dolphins Waterpark Rave Kills Dolphin | URB.COM An eight-year-old dolphin named Shadow mysteriously died after being exposed to two days of techno [...]
Wow… I would look at the water park’s history of dead dolphins first. Sounds like a tactic to divert attention from the problematic living conditions causing the dolphin’s death.