Audiogram
A group of independent experts in cetacean hearing were measuring Morgan’s hearing capacity, using Auditory Evoked Potential (AEP). They came to the conclusion that Morgan has an important hearing deficit, dissipating doubts which Orca Coalition had tried to spread. (See Audiogram). At the end of December the verdict is again favourable to the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture in granting the certificate to the Dolfinarium, and the court declared the appeal unfounded. In the ruling, the court admit as proven the fact that Loro Parque is a zoo within the meaning of Directive 1999/22/EC (Zoo Directive), which is to comply with the conditions formulated in this directive and which also serve the well-being of the animals in captivity. Regarding the commercial use of Morgan, the court ruling recognized the educational function of Loro Parque within the meaning of the Zoo directive, thereby refusing the appeal of Orca Coalition in which they pretended to affirm the exclusively commercial use.
