Italy is ready to open the Mediterranean’s first sanctuary for dolphins which have lived in captivity, providing a pure however supervised house for the animals as marine parks throughout Europe shut. Located off Taranto, the San Paolo Dolphin Refuge is predicted to obtain its first dolphins by mid-2026 and can prioritise welfare over numbers, offering medical care, monitoring, and guarded enclosures.
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