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Ben White was a pioneer in the important broad-based anti-captivity campaign for dolphins. In addition to his work on anti-captivity issues, he was a strong and early opponent of the cruel dolphin drive fisheries in Taiji and Futo, Japan.
Ben died of cancer in 2005, a tremendous loss to the animal welfare and environmental communities. We have dedicated our Save Japan Dolphins Campaign to his memory and hopes for dolphins.
Here's a list of some of the captive dolphin facilities that our organizations, members of the Save Japan Dolphins Coalition, were able to close. Ben White played an important role in several of these campaigns:
- Lerner Marine Lab ~ Bimini, Bahamas Islands: Closed
- Marineland ~ Adelaide, Australia: Closed
- Waragamba Dam Dolphinarium ~ Waragamba, Australia: Closed
- Antwerp Zoo Dolphinarium ~ Antwerp, Belgium: Closed
- Hagenbeck Zoo Dolphinarium ~ Hamburg, Germany: Closed
- Kinder Zoo Dolphinarium ~ Rapperswil, Switzerland: Closed
- Tel Aviv Dolphinarium ~ Tel Aviv, Israel: Closed
- Luna Park Dolphinarium ~ Tel Aviv, Israel: Closed
- Seaquarium ~ San Andres, Colombia: Closed
- Ocean Reef Club Dolphinarium ~ Key Largo, Florida USA: Closed
- Oklahoma City Zoo Dolphinarium ~ Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA: Closed
- Ocean World ~ Ft. Lauderdale, Florida USA: Closed
- US Navy Dolphin Facility ~ Key West, Florida USA: Closed
- Santos Amusement Park ~ Santos, Brazil: Closed
- Dolphin Swim Program ~ City Swimming Pool, Buenos Aires Argentina: Closed
- Ocean Expo Dolphinarium ~ Myrtle Beach, South Carolina USA: Never Opened
- Dolphin Swim Program ~ Managua, Nicaragua: Never Opened
- Dolphin Swim Program ~ Guatemala City, Guatemala: Closed
- Europapark Rust ~ Rust, Germany: Closed
- Hansaland Dolphinarium ~ Hamburg, Germany: Closed
- Holiday Park Dolphinarium ~ Hossloch, Germany: Closed
- Phantasialand Dolphinarium ~ Bruhl, Germany: Closed
- Paramount Parks (four parks) USA: Closed
- Wonderland ~ Maple, Ontario, Canada: Closed
- Worlds of Fun Dolphinarium ~ Kansas City, Missouri USA: Closed
- Knotts Berry Farm Dolphinarium ~ Los Angeles, California USA: Closed
- Six Flags Dolphinarium ~ Aurora, Ohio USA: Closed
- Marine Life Dolphinarium ~ Sioux Falls, South Dakota USA: Closed
- Colorado Ocean Journey ~ Denver, Colorado USA: Never Opened
- Virginia Marine Science Center ~ Virginia Beach, Virginia USA: Never Opened
- Proposed Dolphinarium ~ Maui, Hawaii USA: Never Opened
- Sealand Dolphinarium ~ Victoria, BC: Never Opened
- Montreal Biodome ~ Quebec, Canada: Abandoned plan to capture Belugas
- Vancouver Aquarium ~ Vancouver, Canada: Orca Show Closed
- Granby Zoo ~ Quebec, Canada: Never Opened
- Dolphin Swim Park ~ Les Arcadins Islands, Haiti: Closed
- Flamingo Land ~ England: Closed
- Brighton Dolphinarium ~ England: Closed
- Morecambe Dolphinarium ~ England: Closed
- Windsor Safari Park ~ England: Closed
- Moulin Rouge Nightclub Dolphin Show ~ Paris, France: Closed
- Seaorama ~ Galveston, Texas USA: Closed
- Ocean World ~ Ft. Lauderdale, Florida USA: Closed
- Cedar Fair ~ Sandusky, Ohio USA: Closed
- Kings Island ~ Kings Island, Ohio USA: Closed
- Six Flags over Texas ~ Arlington, Texas USA: Closed
- Six Flags Mid-America- Eureka, Missouri USA: Closed
- Astro-World of Houston ~ Houston, Texas USA: Closed
- Six Flags Magic Mountain ~ Los Angeles, California USA: Closed
- Paradise ~ Acapulco, Mexico: Closed
- Centro Vacacional Oaxtepec ~ Mexico: Never Opened
- Dolphin Discovery ~ Antigua, West Indies: Closed
- Edmonton Shopping Mall Dolphin Show ~ Edmonton, Canada: Closed
With the continued support of the funding and NGO communities, we believe Japan’s worst dolphin slaughter, the biggest remaining cetacean slaughter in the world, can be shut down. Ben White worked for such a conclusion for years. We can fulfill Ben’s dream and let the Japanese dolphins again swim free.
- Animal Welfare Institute’s Ben White Page
- In Defense of Animals’ Ben White story (scroll down to Ben White story)