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Whale and dolphin charity forced to pull campaign following pressure from airports

Charity
Gary Noakes
19 November 2024

A whale and dolphin charity has claimed its summer poster campaign, which urged travellers not to visit captive cetacean attractions, was axed after pressure from airports.

The campaign had been due to run during the summer season (Credit: Whale and Dolphin Conservation)

Whale and Dolphin Conservation’s Don’t Go to the Show campaign appeared briefly at Birmingham airport and had been due to run at Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands airports this summer, and potentially others.


However, ad company Global Media & Entertainment pulled the run following protestations from airport operators.

One of the three video ads seen by TTG features footage of a dolphin, with accompanying text that reads: You can get away. She can’t. Don’t go to a dolphin show on your holiday.