Pattaya Dolphinarium

This guide to Pattaya Dolphinarium introduces the Black Sea bottlenose dolphins performing here, an endangered subspecies whose wild relatives share a coast between Ukraine, Russia, Romania and Turkey. It traces the toll the war since 2022 has taken on that population, and sets it against the daily fin-touching shows staged a few miles from Pattaya Beach. Watch how the dolphin nearest the glass responds to the crowd.