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Captivity is a very boring lifestyle for a dolphin. They are forced to perform tricks for food. In the wild dolphins feed on live fish, however, in captivity they are fed dead fish.

In a lot of cases dolphins have never seen shore line or the ocean floor, so being locked in a concrete tank is extremely stressful for them.

Captivity reduces a dolphins lifespan, as said by the IWC.
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