https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed German holiday giant TUI said two weeks ago it would stop trips to dolphin and orca shows on animal welfare grounds, yet it continues to advertise and sell the trips online. https://www.thelocal.de/20140220/tui-dolphin-show-ban-is-only-for-german-customers Thu, 20 Feb 2014 11:49:00 +0100 tui-dolphin-show-ban-is-only-for-german-customers Germany's biggest tourism operator TUI has cancelled all its trips to dolphin and orca shows, after conceding it could not check conditions at the venues. https://www.thelocal.de/20140204/tui-cancels-all-dolphin-and-orca-show-trips Tue, 04 Feb 2014 17:43:00 +0100 tui-cancels-all-dolphin-and-orca-show-trips German scientists are working to prevent the noise from building oceanic wind parks from damaging the hearing of whales and dolphins, after it emerged that the noise could be deadly for sea mammals. https://www.thelocal.de/20130226/48201 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 15:50:00 +0100 48201