Statement in response to legal proceedings launched by Australia for Dolphins Limited

Australia For Dolphins (AFD) has been conducting a campaign against Dolphin Marine Magic (DMM) in the process of which they have knowingly infringed our copyright and have willfully misled the public with numerous falsehoods.

Jordan Sosnowski of AFD has admitted in an interview with The Project on Channel Ten that “This particular case [against DMM] is part of a wider agenda in terms of phasing out dolphin captivity in Australia. It will bolster our efforts to pass legislation to ban dolphin captivity here in Australia and it will help global efforts to ban dolphin captivity overseas as well.”

Jordan reveals in that statement that AFD sees DMM as soft target; we believe because AFD assumes DMM does not have the resources of other animal display
establishments such as Taronga Zoo (which is government owned and operated) and Sea World (which is a subsidiary of the Village Roadshow Limited).

The Facts

Conveniently, AFD ignores the facts, which are that:

• -Just like any other animal display establishment in NSW, DMM is subject to very strict legislative requirements that govern the holding and display
  of dolphins and seals and is properly licensed to do so by the NSW Department of PrimaryIndustries.

• -Some of our dolphins and seals have been a part of our lives for more than 40 years and the staff who care for them are intimately familiar with each
  of our dolphins and seals and their behaviour and the activities they enjoy, much like you may know the behaviour and activities of any loved animal
  family members in your ownhome.

• -It is not only us who say good things about the care our dolphins and seals receive; DMM holds national accreditation by the Australian Zoo and Aquarium
  Association following recent onsite assessment of positive animalwelfare.

• -DMM is the only facility licensed in NSW to rehabilitate dolphins and whales onsite and in the last five years we have attended more than 70 marine mammal rescue call-outs for animals such as dolphins, whalesandseals. We are uniquely positioned toworkwith the National Parks and Wildlife Service to successfully respond to marine fauna events and we rescue, rehabilitate and release more marine wildlife than any other organisation in the region.

We welcome you to visit DMM and see for yourself what we do and what our all our animals are to us.