The park’s manager, Paige Sinclair, still refuses to publicly release the autopsy report into Ji’s death and accuses animal rights groups and media organisations of spreading misinformation about her business. Moreover she says a campaign to close the park, spearheaded by advocacy group “Australia for Dolphins”, has led to safety threats against her staff.
But the group – which SBS can exclusively reveal will today announce new legislation to ban dolphin captivity in New South Wales, presented by NSW Labor and co-sponsored by the NSW Greens and the Animal Justice Party – is undeterred by the increasingly personal nature of the debate. Spokeswoman Jordan Sosnowski says Dolphin Marine Magic is just the first battle in a wider war to ban the keeping of dolphins in captivity, Australia-wide.
