How old should a child be to swim with dolphins in Mexico?

[Anonymous]

OP, I recommend reading up on this a little bit and then deciding if you still want to do it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8572855.stm

[Anonymous]

Not OP, but if you don't like it, don't do it. OP I have done it and taken my kids and it was an amazing experience that they still talk about. Don't let people dissuade you. These same people probably have no issue going to a zoo or an aquarium.

[Anonymous]

Many places have a dolphin encounter vs. swimming with the Dolphins. Our family did a dolphin encounter where you stand in waist deep water and interact with the dolphin (no swimming). I held our 3 year old when we did it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I recommend reading up on this a little bit and then deciding if you still want to do it.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8572855.stm

I was actually just going to post that it is never acceptable to "swim with dolphins" because dolphins don't belong in "pools", but I think that, in the case of the dolphins described in article, it is OK. The article describes dolphins that live free in the open ocean. I think that if a boat approaches a pod of dolphins in the open sea and the dolphins don't want to interact, the dolphins will/can swim away.

I heartily oppose keeping the dolphins captive, but trying to swim with open-sea dolphins is OK with me.

[Anonymous]

I came home with a raging case of giardia after a swim with the dolphins at Atlantis. Would never consider doing again---especially with children.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should be concerned about the plight of captured Dolphins and not support their continued maltreatment.

+1. People who think dolphins are so cute but who don't give a damn how they were captured and how they are treated are just amazing. Breathtaking.

+2. And it has nothing to do with eating animals. I eat meat too but I don't think any animal deserve that kind of treatment. And to take your kids? Disgusting.

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And ignorant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You should be concerned about the plight of captured Dolphins and not support their continued maltreatment.

Oh boy, here we go...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should be concerned about the plight of captured Dolphins and not support their continued maltreatment.

+1. People who think dolphins are so cute but who don't give a damn how they were captured and how they are treated are just amazing. Breathtaking.

If they had evolved before us, they'd be doing the same. As it is...well, sucks for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should be concerned about the plight of captured Dolphins and not support their continued maltreatment.

+1. People who think dolphins are so cute but who don't give a damn how they were captured and how they are treated are just amazing. Breathtaking.

+2. And it has nothing to do with eating animals. I eat meat too but I don't think any animal deserve that kind of treatment. And to take your kids? Disgusting.

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And ignorant.

No, fully aware of the "horror". I just don't have large marine mammal outrage. Maybe I'm cold.

[Anonymous]

For toddlers ages 3 and up, the best program is the Dolphin Interactive Program. This takes place in the dolphin lagoon, but on a platform submerged in shallow water no deeper than 3 feet. Knowing how to swim is not a requirement, as the idea is to interact with the dolphins rather than swim with them. From the platform, toddlers (and everyone else) can pet, kiss, and shake hands with friendly dolphins.

[Anonymous]

It's a cruel enterprise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They (and everyone else) should not swim with dolphins at all. Period.

But Precious Snowflake loves dolphins! And they need to get a great facebook photo!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They (and everyone else) should not swim with dolphins at all. Period.

But Precious Snowflake loves dolphins! And they need to get a great facebook photo!

Does your precious snowflake love chicken? Because eating that is probably a lot more cruel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They (and everyone else) should not swim with dolphins at all. Period.

But Precious Snowflake loves dolphins! And they need to get a great facebook photo!

Does your precious snowflake love chicken? Because eating that is probably a lot more cruel.

So that makes it ok?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They (and everyone else) should not swim with dolphins at all. Period.

But Precious Snowflake loves dolphins! And they need to get a great facebook photo!

Does your precious snowflake love chicken? Because eating that is probably a lot more cruel.

So that makes it ok?

No, it makes you a huge hypocrite.