Flamingoland was one of the first dolphinariums outside the USA to pioneer husbandry training which allowed blood, breath and stomach contents to be obtained for on-going health monitoring as a trained behaviour with very little stress to the animal concerned. This has now become common-place around the world in zoological collection not just with marine mammals but many other species.
The dolphin biannual full medical. Dr Jay Sweeney can be seen here examining one of the dolphins with ultrasound scanning equipment. Dr Sweeney pioneered the above mentioned husbandry training in the USA along with training staff at the now closed Marineland of the Pacific.
