A business in Kaş has recently taken delivery of 4 bottlenose dolphins, which are being kept in the marina area, just off the Kaş peninsular.

The arrival of these beautiful creatures has upset local animal lovers, who do not agree that dolphins should be held in captivity.

At 14.30 on Monday 19th December, there will be a meeting about the dolphins, in the Kaş Belediye meeting room.

Your attendance is requested
Members of the public are invited to attend, either to observe, or to contribute their views on the matter. 

Locals who are opposed to the dolphins being kept in captivity, in Kaş marina, have started a Facebook page, to publicise what is going on: Free the Kas Dolphins.  They are keen to have support from people in Kalkan, and other nearby towns and villages.

We understand that there is wider media interest in this story, and organisers tell us that at least one UK newspaper will be covering events.

Echoes of Tom and Misha
These are not the first dolphins to have come to Kaş.  They are living where an earlier couple of dolphins, Tom and Misha, used to be kept, before they were sent to Hisaronu, in the summer of 2010.

Tom and Misha's story hit the headlines, and they were eventually set free from their small pool in Hisaronu, after a successful international campaign was organised by animal lovers.  You can read about this in an earlier KTLN report: Dolphins freed from captivity

KTLN will be attending the meeting on Monday, and we will report what happens.

Below: Dolphins in an enclosure, in Kaş marina.

Below: And here is a photo taken by KTLN member Mandy Lipscombe in November 2011, of a dolphin in Kalkan Bay.

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