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BRIGHTON AQUARIUM & DOLPHINARIUM: 1968 - 1990
Detail of the hostory of the aquarium can be found in the linked guide books and also in A Review of Dolphinaria published in 1986.
The aquarium last remaining dolphins "Missy" and "Silver" became part of the controversial Into The Blue project and were eventually release into the sea in the Caribbean in September 1991. Their fate remains unknown.
Pictures
of the original dolphin pool which housed the sealions and is now the
site of the Brighton Sealife Centre Gift Shop.
The trainer in the photos is Stuart Burnham
The trainer in the photos is Stuart Burnham
Postcards
from 1972. Click thumbnails larger view.
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Then
and now: Views of the dolphinarium as it was and it's
current development by Sealife Centres as a large aquarium tank summer 2009 |
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What
became of 'Missy' and 'Silver' Brighton's last dolphins?
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Eastcott, A., & Dickinson, T. Underwater observations of the suckling and social behaviour of a new-born bottlenosed dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) Aquatic Mammals, Volume 13(2), 51-56