Four-month-old orca calf Teno exploited in Loro Parque shows
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We are calling on TUI to stop selling tickets to Loro Parque after four-month-old orca calf Teno is filmed performing in shows.
Stop TUI Profiting from Dolphin Cruelty
Donate to protect dolphinsTUI, one of the world’s largest travel companies, continues to profit from dolphin shows, breaching its own animal welfare policy and refusing to implement meaningful change. The evidence is clear: dolphins are suffering, and TUI is ignoring it.
If profit is the only thing that matters, the power now lies with holidaymakers and the travel industry. Together, we can demand accountability and put welfare before entertainment.
TUI's ethos: Profit over animal welfare
Dolphins are sentient beings that possess remarkable intelligence, complex emotional lives, and sophisticated social bonds. In the wild, dolphins swim up to 100 kilometres daily, diving, hunting, and living in tight-knit pods.
In stark contrast, captive dolphins are confined to barren, sterile enclosures often within chemically treated tanks or cramped sea pens that lack depth, openness, and freedom.
83% of TUI customers and potential customers say that animal welfare is important
As responsible travel becomes the new normal, leading operators such as Booking.com, Expedia, Jet2holidays, Virgin Holidays, easyJet, and Airbnb no longer promote captive dolphin attractions, while TUI continues to facilitate suffering with more than 400 active listings.
How we are driving lasting change for dolphins and orcas
- Revealing the Truth. We expose the hidden cruelty behind captive dolphin and whale shows, holding companies like TUI to account when they break their own animal welfare policies. Our investigations give tourists the facts they need to choose cruelty-free travel.
- Changing the Industry. Through relentless campaigning, we’ve pushed global travel giants to cut ties with cruel wildlife attractions. Leading brands like Spies in Denmark are already phasing out dolphin and whale entertainment — proof that change is possible.
- Transforming Tourism. We champion Whale Heritage Sites, community-led destinations, accredited by the World Cetacean Alliance and supported by World Animal Protection. These sites celebrate whales and dolphins where they truly belong: in the wild, not in tanks.
Donate now
When you make a donation, you’ll join a passionate group of supporters who are determined to change the world for animals. We're fighting animal cruelty wherever we find it — are you with us?
DonateTogether, we can show TUI that cruelty doesn’t sell.
- Choose ecotourism. By choosing responsible wildlife experiences, you will actively demonstrate to the travel industry that tourists want sustainable, compassionate travel.
- Join the boycott. Pledge to avoid all TUI products until they end their support for dolphin captivity.
- Donate to fuel change. Your donation empowers legal action, investigative reporting, and innovative solutions to transform wildlife tourism and make a real difference for animals. Donate today.
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Stories of Suffering: What TUI Doesn’t Tell You
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Mexico bans dolphin shows in historic win for animal welfare
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The Mexican Congress has approved a nationwide ban on dolphin shows and the use of marine mammals in entertainment.
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