Orlando Sentinel

Commentary: The dolphins at Panama City Beach’s Gulf World deserve a happy ending

This is a tale of deplorable roadside attractions and insidious corporate manipulation designed to evade regulatory intervention. It’s a tale of the alleged inhumane treatment of marine mammals in ...
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‘The situation there is dire’: Animal advocates raising concern for safety of dolphins at Gulf World exhibit

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WJHG/WECP/Gray News) - A Florida marine park known for aquatic animal encounters is now weathering concerns about its animals’ quality of life, causing lawmakers to speak out.
WJHG

“Once the Dolphin Company took over, these animals had to suffer,” former Gulf World trainer speaks out

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - Rachel Hale is a former member of Gulf World Marine Park’s animal care team and former dolphin trainer, with over 10 years of experience in marine mammal and ...

Meet The Only Non-Human Animal Known To Use Names In The Wild. Hint: It Lives Underwater

Research suggests that dolphins develop a lifelong vocal “name.” Here’s how they evolved this high level of social identity, once thought to be uniquely human.