An aquarium has been forced to close in Mexico after the appalling treatment of dolphins was exposed.
Phil Demers, director of UrgentSeas, says the mammals were being imprisoned in small, dirty pools at the Dolphinarium at Hotel Barceló.
Videos captured by the non-profit organisation, which works to expose cruel captive dolphin and whale facilities, two dolphins swimming aimlessly round the subpar facilities.
UrgentSeas say they were first contacted about the horrific conditions at Dolphinaris Barcel?, in Quintana Roo, months ago, but that authorities failed to take action.
The park was only shut down after the organisation's videos of the dolphins sparked public outrage, according to Demers.
