Cancún, Quintana Roo — Mexico’s federal environmental protection agency, Profepa, has ruled out relocating three of the nine dolphins still held at Ventura Park, a Cancún water park closed since October 2025, saying the animals suffer from health problems that require individual, specialized assessment.
Specialists who evaluated the dolphins found eye damage, lesions, and alterations to the tongue and oral mucosa, along with dental tearing and other chronic conditions, according to the agency.
Profepa is evaluating a possible transfer for the remaining six dolphins but has not said where they would be sent or on what timeline. The agency said it continues to monitor all nine animals.
The park was shut down in October 2025 after reports of cloudy water and unsanitary conditions in the pools where the dolphins are kept. About a month ago, residents and animal welfare groups protested in Cancún’s Hotel Zone to demand that the dolphins be relocated.
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