Orcas grouped together in a pool emptied of most of its water, a crane, a stretcher and trainers working around the cetaceans: a simulation of the evacuation of the three orcas held by the Marineland park in Antibes took place took place at the end of last week. Preparations which left animal rights activists fearing an imminent transfer of Wikie, Inouk and Keijo, probably to a zoo in Japan.
But this will not take place, at least for the next few months, ruled the Grasse judicial court which released this Wednesday the conclusions of the summary hearing requested by the animal rights association One Voice. The court thus prohibited any movement of the orcas until the end of the expert assessment operations and the submission of the report on the state of health of the orcas and their living conditions in captivity, as required by the court of call from Aix-en-Provence last September.
An expertise all the more awaited since in the meantime, Moana, a twelve-year-old orca, suddenly died in October in an “unexpected” manner. [e] and suddenly [e] ”, according to the park commentary. “In order to ensure the effectiveness of the ban measure ordered, it will be necessary to set a penalty of 15,000 euros per day and per orca in the event of non-compliance, for a period of four months,” notes the court. in his order that was able to consult 20 minutes.