Two dolphins at a Swiss theme park died after ingesting a heroin substitute around the same time as a weekend rave at the park last November, according to reports from Switzerland.
A toxicology report from a forensics institute in St. Gallen, Switzerland, showed tests found traces of the heroin substitute buprenorphine in the dolphins' urine, according to a report in London's Daily Mail online, citing Swiss media reports.
The dolphins died within five days of each other in November, after the area near their pool in the Connyland marine park had been rented out for a weekend rave, according to the reports.
Cornelis van Elk, a Dutch marine biologist, said the drugs turn off a part of the dolphins' brains which tells them when to surface for air.
Connyland keeper Nadja Gasser told local media how one of the dolphins, named Chelmers, died, according to the Daily Mail.
"He was drifting under the water and was clearly in trouble and so we jumped into the water.
"We tried to hold him. He was shaking all over and was foaming at the mouth.
"Eventually we got him out of the water. His tongue was hanging out. He could hardly breathe.
"He was given adrenalin, but it didn't help.
"After an hour the dolphin died."
In a report in the Daily Mail shortly after the rave, wildlife experts said noise from the event could have stressed the animals' immune systems and led to the death of the first dolphin, Shadow.
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We should execute people who want to execute people who want to execute people who kill dolphins!!
The morons are the people who operate the park for allowing the rave to be held in the vicinity of the pools with the dolphins. Aren't their any kind of protective regulations in place in Switzerland covering animal parks? Just the loud music alone, besides the drinking and drugs, places lots of stress on the animals. Shut the place down.
Uhhh, no. You see not everywhere has a sprawling, invasive, regulatory state like we do.
For those that don't know, apparently dolphins and many marine mammals have to think to breathe, unlike humans where breathing is a reflex. In essence, these animals were murdered. Personally, I think the guilty should pay with 20 years of their lives.
nice! i agree!!
I think it is not that different for us in that if I go underwater where I can't breath and I am stoned out of my mind on heroin, I also might forget to come up and breath.
Poor poor things. So senseless.
I can't believe the place was rented for a rave. This shouldn't have happened if care and tranquility of the animals was the most important thing. Can you imagine the noise and vibrations dolphins were exposed for hours?....Grrrrrrrr!. The administration of this place should be held accountable!
Raves are for car parks and farmer's fields, not marine parks. I'm surprised no humans drowned.
I'm tweaking, bro.
In all seriousness, someone had to have injected the poor dolphins. There is no way they could have dumped enough pills in the water to have killed them from straight absorption. Although perhaps the pills floated around andthey ate them thinking it was some food or something. Either way, the zoo should have seen this coming. If It were a person, their lawyers would have never allowed the rave in the first place. But since dolphins can't sue, nobody cared to think about what a bunch of tweaked out ravers could do. Although one would think they would have at least considered there could be property damage. I've never heard of a rave at a zoo.
Although perhaps the dolphins were being friendly to them and they fed them on purpose to them. Either way insane to have rave at a zoo.
They probably found a packet floating around in the water and ate it.
what a horrible tragedy. i agree with Colin. i'd try 'em for murder.
"last november"
thanks for the update.
hopefully, they will learn from this– and those who threw the rave will be held responsible. what were they thinking?
Lesson learned. The zoo can sue for damages against the promoters of the rave . THE ANIMALS CAN BE REPLACED, AND ALL CONCERNED CAN MOVE ON.
I would hold the aquarium responsible not the rave promoters. It was negligent of the aquarium to allow the event in the first place. All the noise would hurt the animals. Aquariums are only about profits under the guise of health for the animals. If they care they would allow loud music for hours at their facility.
How the hell were these concert goes able to get that close to the dolphins? Every employee of that park should be fired and thrown in jail.
Not everybody understands dolphin music.
It's a fin thang...
A nose thang...
A blowhole thang...
A blowhole thang...
Fire the person who let those dolphins into the rave! RIP dolphins...
bottle-nose bottle-nose. bottle-nose bottle-nose. bottle-nose bottle-nose.
This was in Switzerland NOT America.. Hate on Obama for no reason
We don't need this to hate on Obama...
You got that right!!.........we have sooo much more to hate on Obama than this! IMPEACH OBAMA 2012
I agree we don't need this hate on Obama.......he's able to obtain much hate on his own without our assistance!
Yeah we do, but that is for another reason altogether and it isn't race related eiither.
UhYeaOk says:
"We don't need this to hate on Obama..."
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You are correct. Republicans are natural born, instinctive haters.
Yes, yes we do he sucks!
Stupid Americans say that by reflex by now I think.
Well at least we are free...CLOWN! Go drive the tinny car you are forced to drive and pay your 70% taxes.
what's a tinny car? Too busy trolling and insulting to check your spelling?
I agree totally they relish it ! Its as if Anyone who try's to help in that country is always suspect and held up for ridicule and anyone who is right of that is given a rope that could hang 100 people and forgotten about ! They silently hold up ponzi schemes and wall street theives as a reference for being succesful .
This is the INTERNET. And you just got TROLLED.
Try to be smarter next time.
you're right, they do
The headline sounded like something The Onion would have come up with, how sad that it's actually true.
Those poor animals just sad.