FIRST AND ONLY DOLPHINARIUM IN ARMENIA CLOSED

March 6, 2013 – 17:30 AMT

PanARMENIAN.Net – The fist and only dolphinarium in Armenia has been
closed following completion of its operation term.

The dolphinarium building is currently being dismantled, with dolphins
taken back to Ukraine after the last performance on February 9, the
dolfinarium director Lilit Sahakyan told PanARMENIAN.Net Ever since
its opening, the dolphinarium activity had been widely criticized by
ecologists who suggested that dolphins weren’t provided with normal
conditions and could go blind because of chlorinated water.