{"id":13084,"date":"2022-10-15T09:52:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T17:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/?p=13084"},"modified":"2022-10-19T10:01:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T18:01:27","slug":"more-graffiti-at-maltas-dolphin-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/2022\/10\/15\/more-graffiti-at-maltas-dolphin-park\/","title":{"rendered":"More Graffiti at Malta&#8217;s Dolphin Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"article-title\">\u2018Let Us Be Free, Empty The Tanks\u2019: More Graffiti Shows Up Outside Malta\u2019s Dolphin Park<\/h4>\n<p>By\u00a0<a class=\"fn\" href=\"https:\/\/lovinmalta.com\/author\/sashavella\/\" rel=\"author\">Sasha Vella<\/a><br \/>\nLovin Malta<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Malta_dolphins_Oct22a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13086\" src=\"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Malta_dolphins_Oct22a-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Malta_dolphins_Oct22a-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Malta_dolphins_Oct22a-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Malta_dolphins_Oct22a.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A new set of hard-hitting graffiti has popped up leading to Malta\u2019s marine park in Ba\u0127ar i\u010b-\u010aag\u0127aq.<\/p>\n<p>Photographs of the freshly painted graffiti were anonymously submitted to Lovin Malta, this time telling people \u201cwelcome to dolphin prison\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u201cLet us be free, empty the tanks,\u201d the rest of the graffiti reads, with more repeating to visitors \u201cdon\u2019t fund slavery\u201d.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>The dolphin park has been facing intense criticism, especially after the news\u00a0of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lovinmalta.com\/news\/from-circus-to-cemetery-activists-say-claiming-three-dolphins-died-in-maltese-marine-park\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">death of three female dolphins<\/a>\u00a0within the Mediterraneo Marine Park.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Over the years, many have raised concerns over dolphins in captivity, with countless activists and environmentalists insisting that the mammals are living a miserable cycle of suffering in conditions that are miles away from their natural habitat.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Malta_dolphins_Oct22b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13085\" src=\"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Malta_dolphins_Oct22b-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Malta_dolphins_Oct22b-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Malta_dolphins_Oct22b-768x481.jpg 768w, https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Malta_dolphins_Oct22b-1024x641.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Malta_dolphins_Oct22b-200x125.jpg 200w, https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Malta_dolphins_Oct22b.jpg 2029w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Lovin Malta has also been conducting research into dolphins in captivity, focusing on various aspects such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lovinmalta.com\/lifestyle\/environment\/malta-dolphins-natural-habitat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">life in captivity<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lovinmalta.com\/lifestyle\/pets\/just-because-dolphins-appear-happy-performing-tricks-doesnt-mean-they-are-heres-why\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">why dolphins are not happy<\/a>\u00a0living such a life.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Animal Liberation Malta has been at the centre of the issue, continuously calling for authorities to take swift action, including closing down the marine park.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you think dolphins deserve a natural life?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Let Us Be Free, Empty The Tanks\u2019: More Graffiti Shows Up Outside Malta\u2019s Dolphin Park By\u00a0Sasha Vella Lovin Malta A new set of hard-hitting graffiti has popped up leading to Malta\u2019s marine park in Ba\u0127ar i\u010b-\u010aag\u0127aq. Photographs of the freshly painted graffiti were anonymously submitted to Lovin Malta, this time telling people \u201cwelcome to dolphin &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/2022\/10\/15\/more-graffiti-at-maltas-dolphin-park\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13086,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[16,208,190,207],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13084"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13084"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13087,"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13084\/revisions\/13087"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalliberationpressoffice.org\/NAALPO\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}