Didn't have a place to post this, so I made one. Here is an editorial about the welfare of the animals at Marineland Antibes. It is in French, but the title roughly translates to "Orca's Living in Hell at Marineland Antibes? False, Their Health is a Priority!" Les orques vivent un enfer à Marineland ? Faux, leur bien-être est essentiel - le Plus Also, is that Wikie and Keijo?
Thank you for finally giving me an answer to my question. If its anyone outside of Miami or SeaWorld Orlando I'm nearly always stumped.
Marineland Antibes, along with the rest of the Cote d'Azur has been hit by flooding over the weekend to the point where the penguin and sea lion exhibits were filled with mud. Everything is quickly being cleaned out, but clearly it has been a massive undertaking. Though there was a turtle found in the Dolphin filtration system and stingrays found dead in the parking lot the Cetacean exhibits were more or less spared. Also, a couple of domestic animals from the children's area were unfortunately killed by the flooding. Article in French: Après les inondations, opération nettoyage au Marineland d'Antibes Article in French indicating the animals that survived the flood are fine: http://www.nicematin.com/antibes/intemperies-les-animaux-de-marineland-se-portent-bien.2358762.html Article in English that mentions the Park. Briton among 18 dead in 'apocalyptic' French Riviera floods - Telegraph
Le directeur de Marineland, Bernard Giampaolo, remplacé | Dernière minute | Nice-Matin Director of MLF is being replaced.
From the website it seems that the Marineland parks are now open as usual and the websites give full normal opening hours. This is despite previous estimates that they wouldn't reopen before January 2016, and despite the site being listed as 'permanently closed' on Google. Can anyone please confirm this? Are certain areas (like the aquarium) still closed, or is everything working as usual?
A rumor has been going around stating that in July of this year, a sonogram of Wikie, confirmed that she is pregnant and the father is Tilikum.
I've heard quite a bit of doubt about this. Tilikum hasn't bred in 7 years since Makaio, and he's over-represented genetically,and the original person who made this claim only claimed to have worked at Marineland for 5 weeks. I'd wait till the park announces anything before we take this seriously.
It would make more sense to breed one of his offspring, say Nakai or Ikaika. I think I heard a rumor somewhere that Nakai was being trained for AI.
Last week 8 sandbar sharks were born at Marineland ( article in Dutch ) : Zandbankhaaien geboren in Marineland | Scherpe Rugvinnen
Rare breeding-result at Marineland : 50 Jointed razorfishes ( Aeoliscus strigatus ) are being raised : France’s Marineland Has Rare Captive Breeding of Coral Shrimpfish | Reef Builders | The Reef and Marine Aquarium Blog
Marineland is not going to send its Orca's to China ( anti-zoo activists spread this fake-news ) : Activists Try to Spread Fake News About Marineland France
Polar bear female Flocke gave birth to triplets : https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=204600677362905
Lotty, the oldest dolphin of the park has died at the age of 40. She was suffering a severe infection. La doyenne des dauphins du parc Marineland est décédée
Nala, a ten years old bottlenose's dolphin gave birth to her first baby last May 15th. It is the second birth generation for the park. Vérification de sécurité nécessaire
Second birth of a dolphin in less than a month ( may 29th) ! The mother is Malou. The first baby is a girl and has been named Lùa. Vérification de sécurité nécessaire
Mid-August a King penguin hatched at Marineland : https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=634397904738814
A Cape fur seal was born at Marineland Antibes on 20 May. It is a female. Parents are Charlie and Rosa. Source: Facebook Marineland Antibes
