Maharashtra Defends Dolphinarium Plan

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First published in Sanctuary Asia, Vol. 32 No. 3, March 2012

Opposition to the project — meant to promote the State's coastline and to be constructed on the lines of Orlando's Seaworld in the United States — has been coming from animal activists and environmentalists alike. Last week, Ric O'Barry, director of Earth Island Institute's Dolphin Project, urged Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan to “take immediate action to stop the Sindhudurg proposal before it proceeds." Read the full report here.

Source: Amruta Byatnal, The Hindu, Pune.

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