A baby dolphin was born to mother “Serena” on 21 August 2006 at Ocean World Adventure Park in Puerto Plata. This is the first recorded and confirmed successful (live) baby dolphin born in captivity in the DR. The marine park director, Stefan Meister is optimistic that there will be many more to come. He explains that the park’s female dolphins are just reaching breeding age now. Meister says that ten dolphins have already been born in the park’s sister dolphin facility in the Bahamas. He expects the DR to catch up with this number.
Meister says that a name has not been chosen as the baby is too small and its gender has not yet been determined. “We are thinking of holding a naming contest for local schools with the winning kid getting a free day for their class at Ocean World,” he added.
See photo at http://www.dr1.com/forums/north-coast/54730-new-baby-ocean-world.html