Dolphin-Feeding Tourism Contributes to Predicted Dolphin Decline

Dolphin-feeding tourism contributes to predicted dolphin decline

A study published in the journal Oikos, titled "Forecasting the impact of food-provisioning and other stressors on a marine top-predator population," found that without protective management, the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin population off Bunbury would fall from 350 to eight over 100 years.

Study calls into question dolphin feeding practices

A new international study has called into question the Bunbury’s Dolphin Discovery Centre’s practice of feeding dolphins, claiming it could lead to the total collapse of the region’s dolphin population.