Evolution of thinking about dolphinariums and cetaceans in Poland in the years 1998-2024
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https://doi.org/10.12775/KOSMOS.2025.007Keywords
cetaceans, dolphinarium, marine mammals, Baltic Sea, ecology, dolphinsAbstract
Poland is a country where dolphins have never been kept in captivity, despite several ideas to create a dolphinarium. The article reviews the evolutionary comparative picture of the reception of dolphinariums, dolphin therapy and whales in captivity among the Polish society in the late 1990’s and today. An attempt is also made to assess the basic knowledge about cetaceans among Poles using, an educational exhibition, Whales Gallery, which is the first and largest such project at any zoological garden in Poland. This initiative was especially original and developed by a small Polish educational association, named Castellum Nostrum.
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