| Besides their playful attitude and often friendly | | | | purposes and are used for animal assisted therapy to |
| appearance that have made them popular in the | | | | help with physiological and neurological problems such |
| human culture, dolphins are considered to be one of | | | | as autism, depression and Down syndrome. |
| the most intelligent animals on earth. They have | | | | Dolphins are wonderful and adorable animals that can |
| performed an important role in the human culture, for | | | | be found in our country. Right now there is a company |
| ancient Greeks they were a good omen for a smooth | | | | called Ocean Embassy who wants to take advantage |
| voyage. | | | | of the situation. They are planning on starting to |
| Dolphins are aquatic mammals closely related to | | | | capture dolphins and sell them to aquatic parks and |
| whales. They vary in size and are found on shallower | | | | establish in a multimillionaire business, leaving them in |
| seas. These animals are carnivores and their diet | | | | captivity. |
| consists mostly on fish and squids. Delphinidae is the | | | | Sadly the corruption in our country is greater than our |
| largest family in Cetacea and since dolphins have | | | | sensibility, the situation on dolphins is getting critical, and |
| evolved about ten million years ago they are relatively | | | | luckily there are some Panamanians that have created |
| recent. | | | | associations to prevent the harm against these |
| Even though these amazing creatures are trained to | | | | adorable creatures. You can help by singing petitions |
| be entertainers in numerous aquatic parks around the | | | | and joining to environmental groups, this cruelty can be |
| world they are famous for several debuts in the big | | | | stopped is in our hands to take a course of action! |
| screen. Dolphins are trained by militaries for various | | | | |