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Loro Parque tickets for sale online

Thursday, July 12th, 2007
The biggest and best man-made tourist attraction on Tenerife, the mega animal theme park of Loro Parque, has introduced an online ticket facility to help visitors make the most of their day there. Loro Parque in Puerto de la Cruz has a list of species that includes Orca killer whales, dolphins, sea lions, tigers, jaguars, sharks, alligators, chimpanzees and flamingos. Virtually every important member of the animal kingdom is represented here. You’ll need a whole day to do it justice and still you will want to go back again the next day! Many of Loro Parque’s inmates have been rescued from private owners. Others have been donated by other zoos who thought Loro Parque could offer them a better environment. Many of the animal enclosures – there are few cages here – mimic natural habitats. For example, a virtual jungle has been ...

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Schumi has a whale of a time in Tenerife

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007
Former World motor racing champion Michael Schumacher fulfilled a lifetime’s dream when he went swimming with whales off the coast of Tenerife. The seven-times Formula One champion was accompanied on the trip by his wife Corinna and two children. After he retired from motor racing at the end of last season, the 38-year-old German had mentioned during one of many interviews that one of his life’s ambitions was to swim with whales. Schumi called time on his 16-year F1 career after a record seven world titles and 91 Grand Prix victories. Spanish Olympic swimmer David Meca read the report and rang the former Ferrari driver to offer to make his dream come true. Meca knows the waters off Tenerife well, having once swum from Tenerife to the neighbouring island of La Gomera during a promotional and training exercise. The area is home to an estimated 300 pilot whales, which can be up ...

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Sanctuary for whales and dolphins

Friday, March 23rd, 2007
The government of the Canary Islands wants the seas off the west coast of Africa to be declared a sanctuary for cetaceans, the order of mammals to which dolphins and whales belong. They would like to see the protected area cover all of the Macaronesia islands – the collective name for the five volcanic archipelagos of the Azores, Madeira and Salvages (Portuguese), the Canaries (Spanish) and Cape Verde (independent). The proposal will be discussed at an International Conference for the Protection of Dolphins in Tenerife in November. The conference is one of a series of worldwide events being held to mark the International Year of Dolphins, with representatives attending from Spain, Portugal and African countries. The dolphin campaign is an initiative of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation. It has the enthusiastic backing of the Loro Parque Foundation in Puerto de ...

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