Acquisition Of 25 Dolphins In Line With Global Requirements: Marine Life Park - Channel NewsAsia

But Singapore animal welfare group ACRES said on Saturday that it welcomes the latest news.

ACRES’ chief executive Louis Ng said, “It has sent a very strong message out. A judge has reviewed the case, they’ve reviewed the literature and have agreed that this re-export shouldn’t take place.

“We hope that they will make this ban permanent, and we are hopeful that the Philippines government will uphold the law and return these dolphins back to the Solomon Islands.”

ACRES added that it would be a violation of Philippine law to allow the dolphins to be re-exported to Singapore and highlighted that the capture of the dolphins was unsustainable as the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins were a “very localised and small population.” SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Marine Life Park said its acquisition of 25 Indo-pacific bottlenose dolphins caught in the wild followed international requirements.A spokesman of Marine Life Park said Saturday that they are in line with the requirements of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered …

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ACRES (Animal Concerns Research & Education Society) is a pioneering Singapore-based charity and Institution of Public Character, founded by Singaporeans in 2001 with the aim of promoting animal welfare.

ACRES has six focus areas: Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation, Wildlife Crime Investigation, Zoo Animal Welfare, Humane Education, Community Outreach and Promoting Cruelty-Free Living.

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