France's Parc Asterix announces dolphin park closure a day before MPs debate animal welfare bill
France's Parc Asterix announces dolphin park closure a day before MPs debate animal welfare bill MPs aim to phase out such parks out in the coming years along with the use of wild animals in travelling circuses in bill debated Tuesday Dolphins in captivity in Hong Kong's Ocean Park Credit: BOBBY YIP /Reuters Parc Asterix, an amusement park outside Paris themed on the famed plucky comic book Gaul, said the decision was “based on a desire to focus on its historic amusement park activity”. Created in 1989, the park is currently home to eight dolphins and five sea lions. “We’ve been t...
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