Hurghada Dolphin Captivity Scandal (English)

The story starts at the beginning of September, when several members of the community reported the presence of 4 common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) kept in the swimming pool of a private villa in one of the residential district of the city. Surprised and astonished, a representative of HEPCA managed to inspect the site where it actually found the four dolphins in a swimming pool as big as half of a volleyball court. The animals were bought by a private investor and brought from Japan (the suspect is from Taiji, The Cove) to Egypt with the intent of moving them to the dolphinaria of Sharm El Sheik and Hurghada, the latter brand new, still to be inaugurated. Papers and documents were ALL in order.