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Attractions jobs & news AM2.jobs Aquarium defends VP after dolphin abuse claims


Georgia Aquarium has rebuked claims that its staff abused dolphins, with the aquarium’s CEO Mark Leven stating footage that emerged last week was doctored by animal rights activists. Speaking to local media, Leven said he


believed the video – which purportedly shows the aquarium’s new vice president Jose Barbero hitting, kicking and screaming at dolphins he trained in Spain – had been doctored. “This video is disturbing, we are not


happy about it and we are investigating,” said Leven. “We have blown it up. It’s very poor. We have seen that it could well be doctored. There is no real indication that we have found yet of any animal abuse in that video. That’s not to say we won’t. “We think [Barbero] deserves, after 37


years in a career and no indication in our vetting that this had happened, that we should stand by him until we can prove that this kind of behavior would take place.” The International Marine Animal


Training Association is also investigating Jose Barbero (not pictured) is alleged to have kicked, hit and screamed at his dolphins


the matter with Leven adding that the aquarium will stand by Barbero unless the video is proven to be real. Should the video prove real, Leven has said Barbero


will be terminated with immediate effect. Barbero is scheduled to start with the aquarium in March. More: http://lei.sr?a=h8H4N_A


Egypt forms government committee to protect Islamic heritage sites


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Shanghai Disney Resort to open in 2016 says Iger


Bob Iger, chair and CEO of Disney, has confirmed that the opening of Shanghai Disney Resort has been postponed several months to Q2 2016. The opening date had been scheduled


for December 2015, drawing criticism, as December kicks off the coldest three- month period of the year in Shanghai. “We’re planning a spectacular


grand opening in Q2 of 2016,” said Iger. “We believe it’s the optimal time to showcase the full grandeur of this world-class destination.” More: http://lei.sr?a=S5w8U_A


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Egypt has formed a minis- terial committee charged with developing a strategy to safeguard the country’s Islamic heritage by reinvig- orating faltering projects. “[The committee] aims


to tackle the bureau- cracy and obstacles that inhibit the completion of Islamic heritage development projects,” said Gamal Mostafa, part of the new committee. Over the past decade,


several development projects have been launched to protect Egypt’s ancient mosques, but lack of funding coordination and security following the 2011 revolu- tion meant the majority of


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Egypt has several ancient mosques in the city of Cairo


projects were abandoned. After the collapse of the country’s government, armed gangs, looters and general destruction placed the country’s rich cultural history in peril. As


a result, Egyptian Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab requested support from UNESCO to try and stem reports of ongoing chaos at Egyptian heritage sites.


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