SINGAPORE—A first batch of dolphins has arrived at a new oceanarium in Singapore after activists failed to have the animals’ transfer from the Philippines blocked, officials said Tuesday.
A spokesman for the Marine Life Park, part of the Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) casino, told Agence France-Presse that the bottlenose dolphins had arrived on Monday and were under quarantine. He declined to disclose how many animals had been transported.
Animal rights activists in the Philippines last month filed a civil suit to stop the animals being transported to Singapore, saying that their capture violated an international treaty on the trade of endangered animals and plants. Full story
