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Dolphin killed during stunt at SeaWorld park
by stvalentine | May 3, 2008 at 09:16 am | 491 views | 3 comments
A dolphin died at a SeaWorld sister park after colliding with another dolphin during a guest interaction program.
About 32 visitors were in the lagoon Saturday afternoon when the dolphins swam into the deeper center and leapt from the water, Discovery Cove spokeswoman Becca Bides said. They collided and Sharky, a 30-year-old, died. The other dolphin appeared to be uninjured but is being monitored. "This is a very unfortunate and very rare incident," Bides said.Source: newsday.com
Discovery Cove offers visitors the opportunity to swim with dolphins, rays and tropical fish. It was the first accidental death of a dolphin since the park opened eight years ago.
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When I first went to Marine World (the Bay Area, CA) as a small child, I remember wondering if anyone ever got hurt during those killer-whale and dolphin shows, but never heard of something like this actually happening.
stvalentine, this is so sad - all for the sake of tourist entertainment...
stvalentine, a timely story before the tourist season moves into high gear. Hopefully other such venues will take this as a tragic lesson and learn from it.