憂虎鯨母子近親繁殖…法水族館「手工排解性衝動」前訓練師疑內幕不單純

法國一間已經關閉的海洋公園，爆出令人震驚的動物福利爭議。安提布海洋館（Marineland Antibes）雖因法令已於今年初停業，但園內的一對虎鯨母子維琪（Wikie）和凱喬（Keijo）則因安置問題遲遲無法解決，被發現面臨「人工排解」性衝動的驚悚處境，引發動保團體與前訓練員的強烈譴責。

根據海洋保護組織「TideBreakers」釋出的影片，11歲的雄性虎鯨凱喬在水面仰躺，兩名訓練員抓住牠的鰭進行「操作」，而牠的母親維琪則被隔在鄰近的水池。

館方對此向《BBC》解釋，由於凱喬進入青春期後性衝動強烈，若未排解，可能與母親發生近親繁殖或互相攻擊，因此才會採取此人工協助方式紓解壓力，並強調過程自然、無痛，且有獸醫專業建議。法國生態部也證實，館方確實每月一次協助凱喬排解性衝動，但否認涉及精液收集。

前美國海洋世界訓練員瓦萊麗·葛林（Valerie Greene）嚴厲批評，這種做法過去通常僅用於人工授精的精液採集，如今卻被用來舒緩性衝動，相當罕見且令人不安。她直言「這代表圈養產業的道德標準降到新的低點」。TideBreakers也質疑，凱喬本身就是近親繁殖的後代，若精液被利用，恐讓基因問題進一步惡化，甚至懷疑園方計劃將精液出售給法規較為寬鬆的日本。

儘管法國年底將全面禁止圈養鯨豚表演，但法國政府與動保團體在動物安置上遲遲無法達成共識。原先計畫將虎鯨轉移至日本或西班牙，但遭到官方駁回；動保團體提出的加拿大庇護區方案，也未獲批准。

世界動物保護協會代表凱瑟琳·懷斯（Katheryn Wise）痛批，政府在推動替代方案上態度消極，「這讓虎鯨處境更加危險。」目前法國政府僅成立工作小組，評估與其他歐洲國家合作建立鯨豚庇護區的可能性，但在方案落實之前，這對虎鯨母子仍只能被困在狹小的廢棄水池中。動保人士沉重警告「時間，恐怕不站在虎鯨這邊」。

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UPDATE: TideBreakers Responds to Disturbing Footage of Keijo The TideBreakers team travelled to Marineland Antibes last week. We monitored the tanks over the course of several days from dawn until dusk to assess the conditions for Wikie, Keijo and the 12 dolphins. Trainers were absent most of the day and the orcas were unsupervised and unstimulated for most of the day. Footage revealed severe neglect. The medical tank was covered in algae and the orcas exhibited signs of boredom and frustration, such as beaching themselves to reach toys for hours at the time. We captured disturbing footage that shows trainers sexually stimulating Keijo, without gloves or semen collection bags—indicating an alarming disregard for industry norms. We believe this was likely a training session for artificial insemination. Artificial insemination (AI) is a practice the marine mammal industry uses so they don’t have to collect killer whales from the wild, or move animals between parks to breed. Marineland claims the stimulation was to reduce sexual tension, not for AI. However, we’ve spoken to a number of industry experts who confirm this practice is not the standard care for captive killer whales. From a training perspective, reinforcing Keijo’s sexual behavior in a shared tank with his mother is reckless, and likely to increase sexual activity, not reduce it. Furthermore sexual gratification of animals outside AI protocols is often considered animal abuse. Keijo needs to be rescued from an environment that is unsafe. Every day he’s stuck at Marineland puts his life at risk. Please visit TideBreakers.org and click on our Marineland Antibes campaign to write a letter to President Macron demanding action for Wikie, Keijo and the 12 dolphins trapped at Marineland.
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