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Dolphin Encounters - Blue Lagoon Island
Type Private
Founded 1989, Abaco, Bahamas
Headquarters Nassau, Bahamas
Key people Robert Meister (Managing Director)
Industry Tourism
Products Dolphin Swims, Dolphin Encounters, Observer Programs
Website www.dolphinencounters.com

Dolphin Encounters is an all natural seawater dolphin facility located on Blue Lagoon Island, (Salt Cay), Nassau, Bahamas. The term privately held company refers to ownership of a business company in two different ways first referring to ownership by non-governmental organizations and second Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Nassau is the Capital, largest city and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an independent sovereign English -speaking country consisting of two thousand Cays and Managing director is the term used for the Chief executive of many limited companies in the United Kingdom, Commonwealth and some other English For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" Tourism is Travel for Recreational or Leisure purposes The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Blue Lagoon Island is a Private island located three Miles away from Nassau Bahamas. Nassau is the Capital, largest city and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. The company started as a rescue facility in 1989. The beach scenes in the movie Splash were taped on Blue Lagoon Island and the facility is home to 18 Atlantic bottlenose dolphins, (tursiops truncatus) and six California sea lions. Splash is a 1984 Fantasy film and Romantic comedy film directed by Ron Howard and written by Lowell Ganz and The Bottlenose Dolphin is one of the most common and well-known Dolphins. For other uses of the term "sea lion" see Sea lion (disambiguation. Dolphin Encounters is owned and operated by a local family and is one of the Bahamas’ premier tourist attractions. The facility has received a Cacique Award from the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism.

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History

Dolphin Encounters began in Nassau, Bahamas when two dolphins from a closed aquarium were rescued and relocated to a large seawater habitat in Abaco, Bahamas. Soon after, six more dolphins joined the facility. A few years later, in order to provide state-of-the-art care for the dolphins, the marine park on Blue Lagoon Island opened. In 1995, after a multi-million dollar expansion, the operation was renamed Dolphin Encounters.

Hollywood connection

In 1996, Dolphin Encounters was chosen by Universal Studios to help produce the movie Flipper (1996 film) starring Paul Hogan and Elijah Wood. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American Flipper is a 1996 Remake of the 1963 film of the same name, starring Elijah Wood. Paul Hogan AM (born October 8, 1939) is an Australian Golden Globe -winning actor and comedian most famous for his role as Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28 1981) is an American Actor. The company provided three dolphins - Fatman, Jake & McGyver - to play the famous aquatic star, and two trainers for a period of five months. The movie was filmed in the Bahamas, near Clifton Pier in Nassau, on the western side of New Providence. New Providence is the most populous island in the Bahamas. While the first European visitors to the Bahama Islands were Bermudian salt rakers gathering Dolphin Encounters was also involved in the making of several well-known commercials for international companies. Some of the dolphins starred in the Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen adventure film, Holiday In The Sun

Professional affiliations

  • Member of the International Marine Animal Trainers Association (I. Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Fuller Olsen (born June 13 1986 are American actresses, best known for playing the role of Michelle Tanner M. A. T. A)
  • Member of the Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums (A. M. M. P. A)

Educational programs

The facility offers special education and marine conservation programs to local schools and underprivileged children.

Non-profit

A non-profit element of the marine park called Project B. A non-profit organization ( abbreviated "NPO" also "not-for-profit" is a legally constituted Organization whose objective is to support or engage E. A. C. H (Bahamas Education Association for Cetacean Health) was also developed in close consultation with the Bahamas Department of Education, the National Science Teachers Association and B.R.E.E.F (Bahamas Reef Environment Educational Foundation). The Bahamas Reef Environmental Educational Foundation ( BREEF) is a Non-government organization in the Bahamas devoted to the conservation of the marine The facility has participated in the Make-A-Wish Foundation program.

Awards

In 2003, Dolphin Encounters and Project B. E. A. C. H were awarded the Cacique Award - the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism's highest honour for excellence in tourism.

Marine mammals

Dolphins

There are 18 dolphins at the facility, all of which are native to Bahamian waters and half of them were born on Blue Lagoon Island.

Sea lions

There are six California sea lions at the facility. One male (Murray) and 5 females (Xena, PJ, Maggie, Torey, Alice). The sea lions were displaced following Hurricane Katrina in Gulfport, Mississippi. Several of the sea lions have starred in several Hollywood films, including Andre.

Loggerhead Turtle

In 2007, the facility adopted a loggerhead turtle, affecionatly known as "Lucky", after she wandered into the lagoon. Marine Mammal experts at the facility noticed that the turtle's front flippers were seriously damanged and determined that it was the result of a shark attack. Instead of releasing the turtle back into the wild, the facility adopted her.

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