Dolphin Trainer Swim Test Workshop
Bermuda’s Dolphin Quest will host two three-day workshops where you will learn and develop the skills necessary to pass swim tests for working with dolphins.
Their website says, “You will learn, practice and perfect the skills and techniques of underwater distance swimming and diving, while developing core strength skills and understanding the importance of form and function for swim tests within the dolphin training field.
“You will even have an opportunity to spend some quality in-water time with a new dolphin friend. Additional sessions will help you improve your public speaking ability, essential to a dolphin trainer’s performance and education skill sets.”
The workshops will be held in March 2012, and the cost $1,200 per participant. See here for more information.
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It’s a shame the Dolphins aren’t giving the opportunity to do under wate distance swimming, isn’t it? STOP THE DOLPHIN SLAVE TRADE!!!! DO NOT SWIM OR SUPPORT SWIM WITH DOLPHIN PROGRAMS, EDUCATE THE PEOPLE THAT THINK IT’S OK. IT IS NOT OK!!! These dolphins have been torn from their family pods, stolen from the wild to generate money for the greedy individuals that care for nothing more then to line their wallets – and this is evident in the conditions that they currently live in…………….. NO BIGGER THEN A FISH POND!!!!! Dolphins have sonar, and are constatly using it, which is unlessly bouncing off the walls that surround them as they constantly try to find an escape route.
FREE THE DOCKYARD DOLPHINS! END THE SLAVE TRADE! SHAME ON BERMUDA – IGNORANCE AT IT’S BEST!
This is a multinational dolphin exploitation business, not a dolphin friendly charity. Keeping dolphins in such cramped and unhealthy conditions is even more cruel than it is greedy. Would you keep a highly intelligent and active dog locked in a small unsanitary bare room all of its life? Even captive dolphins in relatively large facilities such as Sea World suffer extreme mental and physical disease. In this age of global travel, television, cinema and the internet, children do not need to visit dolphin prisons in order to appreciate these magnificent wild creatures.
liars and pwndDwg. you need to get some facts right before you jump to your conclusions. all the dolphins in Dockyard were born in captivity, not torn from pods, the conditions are not unsanitary like Coral/Elbow Beach where the currents take the sewage outlet from town to (ever wonderd what that white bouy is out there) and having dolphins in captivity is no different than having a dog at home. Actually those dolphins get more care than any captive ‘pet’ on this island. it may not be your cup of tea, but you have to understand that the only reason you know about sonar and all the other in depth knowledge that you two seem to have on dolphins, you learnt from humans building relationships with those beautiful creatures and studying them, in captivity. now grab your leash and take your captive animal for a walk.
Actually bermitru your ignorance if outstanding… I have a cat, and my cat is aloud to roam freely and never come back if it CHOOSES to!!! Much like a dog could run off in the park and never come back if it CHOOSES too!!! I don’t see Dolphin quest letting the dolphins free in the ocean for a thousand mile swim, something that they’re DESIGNED to do… WHY??? BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT COME BACK!!! Have you ever thought about that in your self-centered brain? Choice here is the key word, and I would have no problem with dolphins been cared for if they choose to come back to their prison.
You say tell me to take my dog out for a walk… So why aren’t the dolphins aloud out for a swim? It’s illegal to keep your dog tied up to a tree, so why is it not illegal for the most intelligent cetacean that’s design to swim thousands of miles per day, an animal not design to be domesticated to be kept in a tiny fish pond for it’s entire life?
You talk about the dolphins been born in captivity? TWO WRONGS DO NOT MAKE A RIGHT? At some point, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the dolphins in Dockyard came straight out of the ocean via drive fisheries in JAPAN, if not them, then their ancestors… CORRECT?
Oh… and don’t be so stupid as to believe they’re in captivity for educational purposes… Maybe you work there and are getting paid and that’s the only reason the dolphins are there, to generate MONEY!
Liars or should i call you discovery channel. my self centered brain has done alot of research on animals in captivity. i have worked for the sea shepherd organisation and am an avid activist. I have spent the time to meet with the dolphin quest team both here and through IMATA. which by the way you are writing, have not. there are many rights and wrongs when it comes to animals in captivity. these dolphins are cared for better than most children in this world. when it comes to animal cruelty i think you need to look at your local grocery store. do you eat meat? there you will find a valid topic of discussion when it comes to animal cruelty. i hope you are a vegetarian or vegan, i would hate to think you have complaints like this but still enjoy murdering other animals. now go find your cat it will be close because it is reliant on you.
Well, bermitru, I find it quite ironic that you are a supporter of Sea Sheperd! Thats great, but… wait a minute… aren’t they fighting the japaneese whaling fleets??… The same Japaneese who are capturing these dolphins via drive fishing techniques? Thats strange that you are supporting the very ones you claim to be fighting against.
Heard of Richard O’Barry? He must be a real hero of yours… The first guy to train the first captive dolphin Flipper? Kind of strange how he’s now spending his days trying his darn hardest to tear down the multinational dolphin exploitation… Isn’t it?
Why is Richard O’barry doing that? Because Flipper CONSCIOUSLY committed suicide in his arms, that’s right, choose to stop breathing because of his dire life in captivity. And that there, is what sets dolphins apart from DOGS and CATS!
All arguements aside… Do you think the size of the containment in Dockyard is big enough? If you really care for these dolphins.. you can’t possible agree with the size of the containment and the amount of dolphins in there…