Overview

• The municipality lodged a formal criminal complaint under Ley 14.346 after viral photos showed dolphins and sea lions in apparent neglect.
• Inspectors from the Dirección de Maltrato Animal and Dirección de Zoonosis began an ocular inspection and ordered urgent veterinary and technical expertise to assess animal welfare.
• Neighbors and Fundación Fauna Argentina amplified images of green, turbid water, with some witnesses describing the animals as “starving” and the pools as “rotten.”
• Dolphin, the site’s operator, says 24 staff remain on-site to manage feeding protocols and water treatment while paperwork and transport logistics delay international relocations of captive-born animals.
• With no public technical findings released, authorities are awaiting the pericia results before seeking protective measures or advancing judicial actions.