DAT is a growing industry, and many parents of disabled or developmentally impeded children invest their hopes and money in a dolphin therapy. Growing evidence indicates that there are much cheaper, morally more recommendable and effective alternatives to DAT.

With the help of specialist Dr. Lori Marino, we would like to offer you a variety of information materials on dolphin assisted therapy.

A recent scientific review paper by Lori Marino and Scott Lilienfeld of Emory University in Atlanta, USA, reviews DAT studies and illuminates the tendency of DAT success reports to be based on flawed or not credible "facts".
Marino & Lilienfeld 2007 "Dolphin Assisted Therapy: more flawed data and more flawed conclusions"



Scientist Jonathan Balcombe has a clear opinion on DAT and its worth:
Letter by scientist J. Balcombe on DAT



Our partner WDCS is also very active on this topic and has produced a number of documents:

WDCS Press release on DAT

"Can you put your faith in DAT?"   A comprehensive and very informative summary of the current knowledge on DAT

WDCS info leaflet on DAT


An article from Wildlifeextra.com

DAT Article from Wildlifeextra.com