Overview
- Marineland, closed since January, still houses two orcas and twelve dolphins as illegal entries multiply, including three arrests overnight from November 30 to December 1 and reports of drone overflights.
- Police say they respond within about ten minutes to each breach, with offenders facing up to three years in prison and €45,000 in fines as multiple investigations proceed.
- The park warns of mortal danger to trespassers and animals, citing deteriorating pools with falling concrete and risks from objects dropped into the water.
- For dolphins, the only concrete path remains a ZooParc de Beauval facility projected in two to three years, with interim placements in Spanish parks proposed but not advancing.
- Spain has declined to accept the orcas at Loro Parque in Tenerife, the French minister’s team opposes that option as contrary to the 2021 law’s intent, and Marineland now urges the government to authorize transfers to Tenerife, Malaga and Valencia.