SEJONG, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Two bottlenose dolphins that were returned to sea in June 2015 are adjusting well to their natural habitat. The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries announced that Taesan (male) and Boksun (female), the two bottlenose dolphins that were released near Hamduk, Jeju, were recently spotted. They were happily swimming in pod [...]
Jeju, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) – After ten days, two Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins that were released in their natural habitat, Taesan (male, 20) and Boksoon (female, 17), were spotted in a herd of Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolphins. According to the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries and the Whale lab, Taesan and Boksoon were seen with 40 [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Two Indo-pacific bottlenose dolphins, Taesan and Boksoon, who returned to their hometown sea in front of Jeju Island from Seoul Grand Park, are smoothly adopting themselves to the new environment, according to the National Fisheries Research & Development Institute. They are now in an enclosing net for their initial captivity-to-wild [...]
SEJONG, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Two Indo-pacific bottlenose dolphins, Taesan and Boksoon, that were illegally captured and abused, are finally heading to Jeju waters in an exclusive airplane on May 14. The two dolphins will start their captivity-to-wild training at Jeongju Port in Handeok-ri for two months, as the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Two Indo-pacific bottlenose dolphins, which were captured illegally in the waters near Jeju in 2009 and made to perform at dolphin shows, will be transported to Jeju from Seoul to receive captivity-to-wild training before they get released into the sea. According to the Korean Animal Welfare Association, two dolphins, [...]