Frozen in time: British expats losing out on pensions in Thailand

[corkman]

Hi All,

My wife heard that there is a new aquarium in Pattaya.

Could any of you kind folks confirm this, and if its true any details or comments about the place would be appreicated.

Thanks in advance.

[humpty]

I think I read in the newspaper that it will be open either the end of this year or early next year.

[Rimmer]

There is a new dolphinarium in the process of opening quite close to Phoenix Golf Club.

If you drive along the Phoenix road from Ban Ampur you will see the signs on the left side.

See HERE

[humpty]

This was from the newspaper

A team from Pattaya People Media Group led by CEO Mr. Niels Colov together with Nova Radio 87.5 FM was invited to attend the official opening of the new Pattaya Dolphin World and Resort on Friday afternoon. Located near Phoenix Golf Club in Huay Yai, and still under construction, this amazing sea world style resort promises to become one of the top tourist attractions in the area. Guests were welcomed by the Board Director, Police Lt. Col. Natapong Wattanasukon and given a sightseeing tour of the shows already completed – one attraction appropriate for Pattaya is the exciting Dolphin Show, the first Dolphinarium in Pattaya. Many years ago, Dolphins were often seen swimming in abundance in the sea around Pattaya Bay and hence became the symbol representing the growing seaside city.

The Dolphin World premises will be completed in December, 2011 with attractions including adventure zones for all ages, with rock climbing, shooting galleries, go cart racing and bungee jumping.

http://www.pattayadolphin-world.com/

[wobblyjohn]

The dolphin has evolved over a period in excess of 30 million years to be superbly adapted to it's environment. It is a highly streamlined and efficient swimmer, due to it's shape and the composition of it's skin which reduces friction to a minimum. It has a highly developed brain, and if we ignore the mass of blubber under it's skin, it is the only animal to have a greater brain mass/body weight ratio than man. The entertainment industry has been exploiting this adaptation for many years

After many years of protest from animal rights groups etc., the numbers of such facilities throughout the world has been in decline, and the UK, with none at all, leads the world. There are, however, still many captive dolphins, and International Dolphin Watch will not rest until there are none.

Those with a vested commercial interest would have us believe that the dolphins are content with their lot, but the majority accept that it is morally indefensible to contain an animal that normally roams freely throughout great stretches of the world's oceans in highly organised social groups.

Consider the following statements from the Captivity Fact Sheet (Dolphin Project Europe, 1996):

53% of those dolphins who survive the violent capture die within 90 days.

The average life span of a dolphin in the wild is 45 years; yet half of all captured dolphins die within their first two years of captivity. The survivors last an average of only 5 years in captivity.

Every seven years, half of all dolphins in captivity die from capture shock, pneumonia, intestinal disease, ulcers, chlorine poisoning, and other stress-related illnesses.

To the captive dolphin industry, these facts are accepted as routine operating expenses.

Its disgusting and I for one will not be going

[craigt3365]

The dolphin has evolved over a period in excess of 30 million years to be superbly adapted to it's environment. It is a highly streamlined and efficient swimmer, due to it's shape and the composition of it's skin which reduces friction to a minimum. It has a highly developed brain, and if we ignore the mass of blubber under it's skin, it is the only animal to have a greater brain mass/body weight ratio than man. The entertainment industry has been exploiting this adaptation for many years

After many years of protest from animal rights groups etc., the numbers of such facilities throughout the world has been in decline, and the UK, with none at all, leads the world. There are, however, still many captive dolphins, and International Dolphin Watch will not rest until there are none.

Those with a vested commercial interest would have us believe that the dolphins are content with their lot, but the majority accept that it is morally indefensible to contain an animal that normally roams freely throughout great stretches of the world's oceans in highly organised social groups.

Consider the following statements from the Captivity Fact Sheet (Dolphin Project Europe, 1996):

53% of those dolphins who survive the violent capture die within 90 days.

The average life span of a dolphin in the wild is 45 years; yet half of all captured dolphins die within their first two years of captivity. The survivors last an average of only 5 years in captivity.

Every seven years, half of all dolphins in captivity die from capture shock, pneumonia, intestinal disease, ulcers, chlorine poisoning, and other stress-related illnesses.

To the captive dolphin industry, these facts are accepted as routine operating expenses.

Its disgusting and I for one will not be going

You want to see something really bad, watch the movie "The Cove". It will blow your mind. Really, really, really sad.

I won't be going there either.

[smedly]

dolphins whales are closely related, even though whales have a huge body mass their brains are just as big yet the Japanese routinely murder these amazing creatures, sometimes I'm ashamed to be part of the human race that feed on greed and destruction of not only ourselves but everything else on this wonderful earth, nature has a way of righting wrongs

[lonewolf99]

The whole idea of the place disgusts me to the core.

It is aimed at mindless morons who also think Elephants riding bikes and walking tightropes is highly amusing.

Sadly this abhorant enterprise will make money from the mindless moron tourists who go on package deals and are dragged around the country in huge air con coaches from Wat to Mall to Parascending to Zoo to fake Floating Market to tourist tat shops etc....

If the local media that caters for ex-pats had more ethics they should boycot any advertising or promotion of this animal death camp.

Sincerely Yours

One disgusted Wolf. :angry:

[Rimmer]

The OPs question seems to have been answered so we can now close the thread before it goes way off topic.

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