TUI, one of the world’s leading tourism groups, still sells captive
dolphin shows to its clients. The pressure on TUI is massive as Expedia
and other industry leaders already stopped selling these cruel shows.

Let’s use this summer vacation season to force TUI to follow suit!

[ [link removed] ] Sign the petition 

   
John,

Dolphins are highly intelligent, social mammals who belong in the vast
ocean, swimming free with their pods. Held in tanks, they literally waste
away – depressed and often alone.

This is exactly why many travel agencies stopped selling trips to captive
dolphin shows. But German travel giant TUI continues to offer multiple
“dolphin experiences” across the globe – and enables corporations like
SeaWorld to profit off the cruel whale and dolphin captivity.

It’s peak travel season in the Northern hemisphere – let’s use this
momentum and take our message directly to TUI’s doorsteps: we want
vacations without animal torture!

[ [link removed] ]Tell TUI: Cut dolphin shows from your programme – for good!

There are more than 3,000 captive dolphins worldwide and marine mammal
entertainment is a multibillion-dollar industry – which is fuelled by big
travel operators like TUI who like to promote the shows as fun,
educational and family-friendly.

But the truth is: even a generous tank is like a tiny jail cell for
dolphins – 200,000 times (!!) smaller than their natural range. Locked in,
these highly intelligent and social mammals suffer from depression,
obsessive behaviour like swimming in circles, and stress-induced
diseases. And more than half of bottlenose dolphins born in captivity
don’t survive past one year – a higher mortality rate than in the wild!

Many travel agencies and operators have scrapped trips to dolphin shows
from their programme – and some governments have even prohibited dolphin
captivity altogether! TUI is one of the last major companies that’s still
helping the cruel industry profiting off animals that belong into the sea,
wild and free.

[ [link removed] ]Tell TUI: No more trips to dolphin shows – vacation without animal
torture!

In the past, we have succeeded in our biggest petition ever, with 1.7
million signers, moving SeaWorld to end its Orca Captivity program. Today,
we can help end dolphin and whale captivity altogether, by pushing a key
player to stop promoting it.



[ [link removed] ] Sign the petition 



Thanks for all that you do,
Rosa, Ildem, Fatah and the team at Ekō


More information:

[ [link removed] ]Swimming with dolphins: Thousands call on TUI to stop selling ‘cruel’
trips.
Euronews. 10 June, 2022

[ [link removed] ]Your questions and our answers on dolphin captivity and entertainment.
World Animal Protection. 14 August, 2023

 

 

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