Marine Studios opened in 1938 and has been the site of conservation work, community education, critical research, filmmaking, marine science discoveries, and family adventures ever since.
This historic facility, located on a beautiful stretch of Atlantic coastline, is now in imminent danger of being sold to a development company.
Located in the town of Marineland which boasts more dolphin residents than human and includes other likeminded organizations such as the University of Florida’s Whitney Laboratory, the National Estuarine Research Reserve, and Ripple Effect Ecotours, this important facility which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places must not be replaced with a hotel or resort.
Where did people first fall in love with dolphins and learn to care for them instead of hunting them without a thought?
Where was the alarm first sounded about the impacts of an unlimited sea turtle harvest?
Where did we learn about bottlenose dolphin use of signature whistles and echolocation?
To destroy a facility like this, and to force the relocation of countless dolphins, fish, sharks, reptiles, and corals, is something we cannot let happen.
We have a legal team fighting to save this beautiful facility and your funds can help pay those legal bills as well as increase the amount we can bid to match the current leading offer. We need your help and we need it by October 26th for the October 27th court date.
We are not part of either of the parent company. We simply want to keep Marineland and make better!
Won’t you support the rescue of the World’s First Oceanarium?
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