if you do a search on this forum for "dolphins malta" there have been a few postings on this

We went to mexico (yes, I know it's not malta..lol) in 2006 and we swam with dolphins, although the dolphins were well treated I came away very sad and didn't like it at all, it bothered me that they weren't loose in the sea and the thought of them doing the same routines over and over made me really think! I did read about peoples experiances before I went and I couldn't understand why they also felt that way after swimming with dolphins 'until I did it myself'! Some people are fine but make sure you do your research first because there are so many out there that are abused and not taken care of - alot of them have been taken from the wild and not born in captivity which most lead you to believe!

Have a great holiday...susan

Unpleasant subject, however in my opinion swimming with dolphins in an unatural environment is morally wrong, this is merely animal exploitation which by surely by any deffinition is evil under no matter what the circumstances.

Mr & Mrs Sliema2

totally agree there, one should swim out to their enviroment, I still feel guilty about riding the donkeys as a youngster at blackpool, Much is said about the bird trapping in Malta but I wonder how many budgerigars are held captive in cages in u/k homes. Sorry.

Fair comments, appreciate the honesty!

Have read through the other threads and the general opinions seem mixed, but I'm still not sure it is right!
The cost is pretty astronomical too.
Do Dolphins swim off the island naturally then?

we have been told that if you get up early enough you can sometimemes see them swimming in saint pauls bay but we have never seen them but we have seen the finches in tiny cages on some of the balconies the poor birds can just about manage to flit around in their tiny space

And it's really cool, I always had a dream to swim like that, the only problem is that I'm not a very good swimmer, so there is always the fear that I might drown. But now I decided to deal with this problem more drastically, so I'm thinking of enrolling in this swimming school https://3sswim.co.uk . How long do you think it takes to learn to swim as an adult?

On 18th January 2008 at 10:28am, Sliema2 said:
Unpleasant subject, however in my opinion swimming with dolphins in an unatural environment is morally wrong, this is merely animal exploitation which by surely by any deffinition is evil under no matter what the circumstances.

Mr & Mrs Sliema2

I totally agree with you, no matter how well the dolphins are treated, it's still a lot different from their natural environment. People shouldn't swim with them, the dolphins should just live in their natural environment and live their normal life, just like any other wild animal.