{"id":1263,"date":"2025-03-20T14:02:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T15:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nydoctorprofile.org\/?p=1263"},"modified":"2025-03-22T12:40:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T12:40:02","slug":"mexican-government-shuts-down-controversial-dolphin-facility-at-venue-of-illeniums-festival-ember-shores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nydoctorprofile.org\/index.php\/2025\/03\/20\/mexican-government-shuts-down-controversial-dolphin-facility-at-venue-of-illeniums-festival-ember-shores\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexican Government Shuts Down Controversial Dolphin Facility at Venue of ILLENIUM's Festival, Ember Shores"},"content":{"rendered":"

Government officials have shut down the operations of a controversial dolphin attraction at the Barcel\u00f3 Riviera Maya, the host venue of ILLENIUM’s Ember Shores festival, following a month-long investigation,\u00a0Mexico News Daily<\/em><\/a> reports.<\/p>\n

The move follows months of advocacy with a recent push from the festival’s organizers. The initial crackdown was triggered by a viral video showing a dolphin, Mincho, suffering a severe acrobatic injury after landing on concrete during a performance in January, along with reports of two dolphin deaths last year.<\/p>\n

Citing inadequate conditions, a lack of proper permits and unauthorized activities, Profepa, Mexico\u2019s environmental enforcement agency, reportedly found that the facility was in violation of multiple regulations. Federal Attorney for Environmental Protection Mariana Boy Tamborrell confirmed the shutdown on social media.<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udea7 La Procuradur\u00eda Federal de Protecci\u00f3n al Ambiente suspendi\u00f3 este d\u00eda actividades en el delfinario del Hotel Barcel\u00f3 Riviera Maya, pues esta instalaci\u00f3n no cuenta con la autorizaci\u00f3n de la Semarnat para realizar actividades de espect\u00e1culos con delfines. \ud83d\udc2c @SEMARNAT_mx<\/a>\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/8aPHtyuVTb<\/a><\/p>\n

— PROFEPA (@PROFEPA_Mx) March 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The news follows our earlier report<\/a> on Ember Shores’ efforts to investigate the dolphinarium. The festival faced pressure from fans and activists to take a stand against dolphin captivity as the facility’s practices became public.<\/p>\n

While concerns remain over Mincho’s survival, Tamborrel stated that the dolphin has been relocated for monitoring. She also claimed that Profepa will continue to carry out inspections of all the dolphinariums across the country to ensure proper treatment.<\/p>\n

Profepa’s\u00a0decision establishes a precedent for stricter oversight of marine animal facilities in Mexico, prompting the enforcement of existing regulations and further inspections across the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe support the investigation into this case and call for transparent inspections in all dolphinariums in the country,” said\u00a0Eugenia Morales, Wildlife Campaigns Manager at World Animal Protection. “It\u2019s time for this to be the last generation of dolphins used for entertainment in Mexico.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Government officials have shut down the operations of a controversial dolphin attraction at the Barcel\u00f3 Riviera Maya, the host venue of ILLENIUM’s Ember Shores festival, following a month-long investigation,\u00a0Mexico News Daily reports. The move follows months of advocacy with a recent push from the festival’s organizers. The initial crackdown was triggered by a viral video […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nydoctorprofile.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nydoctorprofile.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nydoctorprofile.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nydoctorprofile.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nydoctorprofile.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nydoctorprofile.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1264,"href":"http:\/\/nydoctorprofile.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263\/revisions\/1264"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nydoctorprofile.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nydoctorprofile.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nydoctorprofile.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nydoctorprofile.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}