A zoo has been criticised after footage appeared to show a keeper performing a sex act on a dolphin .
But investigators say the act isn’t a crime because it was part of a “breeding programme”.
Since the video was released online, furious animal campaigners have slammed the Dolphinarium in Hardewijk, Netherlands.
They branded it an “underwater circus” and are calling for it to be shut down immediately.
Undercover footage showed a dolphin lying on its back in what appears to be an indoor pool.
A male zookeeper leans over the sea mammal and uses his glove hand to perform the sex act before feeding the dolphin a fish.
The zoo has claimed the weird act is to “de-stress” the animals.
Keepers were also filmed saying that it was done to prevent the dolphins from having incestuous relations.
They also claimed there were “gay” dolphins at the zoo that have sex with each other in their tanks.
Leonie Vestering, leader of animal party PvdD, pressed charges and accused the zoo of sexual abuse.
But officials are refusing to pursue a criminal case.
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