Pacific dolphins adapt to life at Dubai hotel

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071027/sc_afp/uaesolomonsenvironmentconservationdolphins_071027190252


Twenty-eight dolphins from the South Pacific, flown to the Gulf emirate of Dubai this week despite opposition from wildlife groups, are adapting to their new home in a luxury hotel on a man-made island, the Gulf News reported on Saturday.

The five-star Palm Atlantis Hotel bought the wild bottlenose dolphins from the Solomon Islands, the paper reported, despite several international conservation groups decrying the decision by its government to allow the resumption of the live dolphin trade, saying it is inhumane.

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The dolphins are being kept is seven, three-metre (almost 10-feet) deep pools and are being acclimatised to humans and trained to interact with hotel guests and visitors, the English language daily reported.
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Dubai is the new playground for the extremely rich

"...Palm Atlantis Hotel bought the wild bottlenose dolphins from the Solomon Islands..."

The dolphins aren't theirs to sell.

nt

while away the hours feeding the dolphins.

nt

Everything is for sale including ethics, common decency and the wild bottlenose dolphin.

.... they won't die in a Japanese tuna fishing net so we can buy 79-cent cans of Star-Kist. :)