I had been in the center of the Diana for criticism and complaints of activists and annegés of an environmentalist nature and in favor of animal rights. This is the situation that the last Marineland ‘, an aquatic park located near the glamorous Gala de Cannes city, one of the jewel of the Costa Azul, but was closed last January.
In these facilities there are still several animals, specifically two orcs, Wikiie (24 years) and his son Keijo (12 years), in addition to a dozen dolphins, in habitat conditions that are very criticized. However, a last event that has transcended on social networks has shaken and exploded the outrage of French society. This is what I oenege naturalist: how a caregiver sexually stimulated Keijo, that is, masturbating.
The images have gone around the world, first after the accusations that this masturbation would have as its purpose the collection of the valuable semen of this animal, supposedly with economic motivation and for its sale. Then, after confirming Marineland’s own direction that were real, but that were due to a measure to safeguard the integrity of the mother of Keijoarguing that it was because “Keijo He is reaching adolescence with strong sexual impulses. “
The criticism of the Oenegé and the park version: “Although spectacular, this is natural”
“We monitor the tanks for several days from dawn to dusk to evaluate the conditions of Wikiie, Keijo and the 12 dolphins. The coaches were absent most of the day and the orcs were without supervision or stimulation for most of the day, “they explained from the Oenegé Tidebreakers, stressing that” the images revealed a serious abandonment “and that” the medical tank was covered with algae and the orcs showed signs of boredom and frustration, as struck to reach toys for hours. “
From the collective they also explained that “we capture disturbing images that show coaches sexually stimulating Keijowithout gloves or semen collection bags, which indicates an alarming contempt for the norms of the industry. “In this sense, they point out that” it was probably a training session for artificial insemination “and that this” is a practice that uses the marine mammal industry so as not to have to collect orcas in nature or transfer animals in parks to reproduce. “
However, and according to chronology, the French edition of this medium, from the direction of the park they assured that as Keijo shares the same pool that his mother is necessary that sexual stimulation “to avoid endogamy or that both cetaceans fight or take advantage.” In addition, they emphasize that “although spectacular, this [la masturbación de una orca] It is natural and completely painless for animals “and that has nothing to do with a hypothetical – illegal – collection of semen for sale.
“Orca’s sperm is worth its weight in gold”
Muriel Arnal, president of TideBreakers
“Today, it is forbidden to sell orca semen,” Marineland told France 3, adding that “if a sperm transfer was carried out abroad, state authorization would be required.” The truth is that it would be impossible to achieve it in France by a legal route, since the Gala Animal Welfare Law, dating from 2021.
From Tidebreakers they think otherwise. As they moved to having masturbated to the small orca can “reinforce Keijo’s sexual behavior in an aquarium shared with his mother is reckless and probably increases sexual activity, does not reduce it.” The director of the Oenegé, Muriel Arnal, recalled that “Wikiie He lived with his brother and two children without mating “and that” the sperm of orca is worth its weight in gold “, especially in Japan.
The doubtful future of the Orcas
The truth is that this is only the chapter of a long controversial history in France. In the beginning, the Minister of Biodiversity, Agnès Pannier-Runacher-of the macronista wing-said that the plan on the table went to send the animals to a newly created sanctuary, that it was a joint project of France, Spain, Italy and Greece. The reason is that these animals cannot be reintroduced in the natural environment and must always continue in a semi -liberty regime, that is, with care of the human being in relation to food and surveillance.
“I will contact my Spanish, Italian and Greek counterparts and propose that we work on a sanctuary project,” he came to ensure in a video publication, in which he also said that “Greece has a sanctuary project, Italy has a sanctuary project, and I think that the four together perhaps we can do reality. I do not say that it will work, but who does not risk does not win.” That option did not develop, for the moment, but there was another that included Spain that has already been discarded.
It was about reaching an agreement with the Parque Parque, the well -known Canary facilities that house different types of animals – among them, orcas – and that are found on the island of Tenerife, but the Galas authorities ended up lying that route.
