{"id":6146,"date":"2018-04-19T00:38:33","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T04:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/Life-Insurance-Blog\/?guid=2f83a2ae93ab57fdc72d3d888f641d12"},"modified":"2018-04-19T00:38:33","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T04:38:33","slug":"virgin-holidays-pledges-300k-to-move-dolphins-to-sanctuary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2018\/04\/19\/virgin-holidays-pledges-300k-to-move-dolphins-to-sanctuary\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Holidays pledges $300k to move dolphins to sanctuary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI &#8212; The tour operator Virgin Holidays is pledging $300,000 to help move seven dolphins from the National Aquarium in Baltimore to a seaside sanctuary.<\/p>\n<p>The aquarium is still deciding where to retire its dolphins, though a statement Wednesday from Virgin Holidays says the site selection is focused on Florida.<\/p>\n<p>Virgin Holidays Managing Director Joe Thompson says the U.K.-based tour company is focused on developing &#8220;alternative forms of tourism&#8221; that highlight marine mammal welfare instead of theatrical shows.<\/p>\n<p>Aquarium CEO John Racanelli says Virgin Holidays shares the aquarium&#8217;s drive to reimagine how humans interact with animals.<\/p>\n<p>The aquarium has begun a three-year program to teach its dolphins new behaviours and prepare them to move. The program includes raising water temperatures and allowing algae to grow in the dolphins&#8217; current indoor tanks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI &mdash; The tour operator Virgin Holidays is pledging $300,000 to help move seven dolphins from the National Aquarium in Baltimore to a seaside sanctuary. The aquarium is still deciding where to retire its dolphins, though a statement Wednesday from Virgin Holidays says the site selection is focused on Florida. Virgin Holidays Managing Director Joe [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6146"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6146"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6150,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6146\/revisions\/6150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}