EU rejects animal rights group’s attempt to force release of Loro Parque’s orca Morgan

[Janet]

 Animal rights campaign group "Proyecto Gran Simio" took the case of Loro Parque's orca Morgan to Europe to try to force her release into the wild, but the EU Parliament has now ruled that her transfer here was legal, and that she should stay at Loro Parque. The group had argued that Morgan was in danger at Loro Parque after being transferred last year from the Hardwick dolphinarium in Holland. President of the Petitions commission, Erminia Mazzoni (PPE), however, said that after hearing evidence concerning the manner of Morgan's transfer and the conditions at Loro Parque,  the case had now been closed.

The original story about Morgan's transfer last year to Loro Parque is here on my website: JA

[Nova]

So Morgan wasn't born in captivity then?  Do we know how he came to be in the Dutch dolphinarium to begin with?

Why do the activists believe he is in danger at Loro Parque?

[Janet]

because they hate LP, and think that all orcas are in danger if in captivity.

Morgan was rescued from the sea ... details in Wiki HERE.

[Perikles]

I don't know whether this developement will again raise the question of the ethics of having orcas at Loro Parque.