Aquarium — Attraction in Madrid

Dolphins in captivity are forced to endure endless cruelty. Dolphins are: deprived of food as part of the training process for performing. forced to breed and then traumatically separated from their calves at a very young age. Do research and stop supporting captivity of animals in zoos and places as such. Food deprivation is used in regular basis and built into animal training programs that rely on operant conditioning. Instead they use phrases and words like “positive reinforcement" which in fact is food deprivation.

Dolphins and sea creatures belong to sea, not cramped artificial concrete and glass tanks to swim around circles deprived of everything that's natural and important to them and slowly go crazy.

I am surprised this is still allowed in Europe!! Follow foodsteps of Berlin for example completely making this illegal. Cruel and complete money making in the expense of exploiting the beautiful and intelligent sea creatures. Stop supporting this cruelty! Paying tickets and so called interaction and swimming with seal or any sea creatures pays for this to continue. Stop teaching children it's normal to have wild animals in captivity. It's cruel and unnatural.

Instead support animal sanctuaries, rescue centres and conversation centres to help animals that have suffered in the hands of human selfish behaviour. Animals are not entertainment or exhibition for us. Teach children these creatures...

El Zoo Aquarium de Madrid ha sido una experiencia muy positiva y recomendable. El recinto está bien cuidado y organizado, con zonas amplias que permiten pasear tranquilamente mientras se observan animales de distintos continentes. Me sorprendió la gran variedad de especies y el esfuerzo por mostrar a los animales en entornos lo más parecidos posible a su hábitat natural. El acuario, en particular, me pareció impresionante, con túneles que permiten ver de cerca tiburones, tortugas marinas y muchas otras especies. Además, las instalaciones están limpias, hay suficientes zonas de sombra y espacios para descansar o comer, lo que hace que la visita sea cómoda incluso en los días más calurosos. Los espectáculos de aves rapaces y leones marinos fueron entretenidos y educativos. También valoro que el zoo participe en programas de conservación y cría de especies en peligro, lo que le da un valor añadido a la visita. En general, fue un día muy agradable, ideal para disfrutar en familia o con amigos, y me quedé con ganas de volver para seguir descubriendo todo...

So much fun to see the fish and other sea creatures. We loved watching the fish swim in the big tank. They have huge sea turtles which are so graceful. The kids had a fun time running around and watching everything. It was nice because the zoo was cold when we went so this was a nice place to warm up. The biggest tank was...