Puerto Aventuras, Quintana Roo — While debate continues in Cancún over the fate of the dolphins still held at the former Dolphin Connection dolphinarium — a facility that environmental authorities continue to monitor — other parts of Quintana Roo are still doing business with the marine mammals.
In Puerto Aventuras, on the Riviera Maya, tourism operators continue to market swim-and-interaction experiences with dolphins as part of the destination’s attractions.
The activity persists as new federal rules for marine mammals kept under professional care move toward implementation. Those provisions include a transition phase aimed at eventually relocating the animals.
An Open Question for Quintana Roo
The case in Cancún has drawn scrutiny to how captive dolphins are managed across the state. With the Dolphin Connection facility under watch and the federal transition underway, the question of how much longer swim-with-dolphins programs will remain part of Quintana Roo’s tourism offering — and what safeguards authorities will enforce to prevent a repeat of the Cancún situation — remains unresolved.
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