The world’s first permanent sanctuary for dolphins who have been rescued from captivity was founded recently by the Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation on the tiny island of Lipsi, south of Samos in the eastern Aegean, according to greekreporter.com.
The sanctuary, which is situated in a small bay on the north side of the island, was created in the hope of giving these rescued creatures a safe place to live out their lives, as well as to end the exploitation of the intelligent mammals in zoos and marinas around the world.
The location of the Aegean Marine Life Sanctuary (AMLS) in the elongated, fjord-like gulf of Vroulia Bay provides safe shelter, natural waters with high biodiversity, and both shallow and deeper locations within an area many times as big as the largest dolphin pool, as well as minimal human intervention.
Some areas of the nearby seafloor are as deep as 40 meters, or 131 feet.
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