Dolphins in captivity in Australia. Until recently I actually didn't know that we have dolphins in captivity here. It does seem rather hypocritical that nothing has been done considering Australia's international stand against Japan on the whaling issue. I have found we have two sites where dolphines are kept, see this website;

http://www.afd.org.au/dolphin-captivity-in-australia

The distressing issue is that at least one of these facilities is not meeting legal requirements for welfare yet nothing appears to have been done about it. It begs the question, who is responsible for enforcement of minimum conditions? Certainly one would assume that local council rangers should monitor facilities given that they visit ordinary people's homes to make sure that animals are living in reasonable conditions if the person has a number of animals that require an excess pet permit. (This is extremely inconsistent but generally means more than two.)

Increasingly it seems that the only way to get compliance with legal requirements is where somebody complains. Until then, it is rare that anything will be done about it. Certainly in the USA where captive orcas have been very much in the spotlight in recent years, and the Taiji dolphin slaughter, people are moved to do something.

Lawyers who have the legal understanding to help with these situations are needed more than ever.

Interesting article coming out of NZ.

http://www.linkedin.com/pulse/whats-future-animal-welfare-three-poi...

Note the link to the event in March 2017.

As feared the NSW Government reversed the ban on greyhound racing, albeit with much stricter controls.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-10-12/greyhound-industry-feels-reli...

A disturbing issue that arose during this period has been greyhounds being sent to facilities that use animals in research. The ultimate commodification of sentient beings!

https://humane-research.worldsecuresystems.com/campaigns/

Just as a by the by, rumour has it that the Premier of NSW, Mike Baird, had an ulterior motive for banning greyhound racing. he wanted to include the racing venues in a major sell-off of public land.