§3.111. Swim-with-the-dolphin programs. — Inbound Citations

(4) an adequate number of staff members who are adequately trained in the care, behavior, and training of the program animals. Attendants shall be designated by the trainer, in consultation with the head trainer/behaviorist and licensee/manager, to conduct and monitor interactive sessions in accordance with § 3.111(e); and

(d) Only cetaceans that meet the requirements of § 3.111(e)(2) and (3) may be used in SWTD programs.

(d) Only cetaceans that meet the requirements of § 3.111(e)(2) and (3) may be used in SWTD programs.

(c) Each SWTD program shall have, at the minimum, the following personnel, with the following minimum backgrounds (each position shall be held by a separate individual, with a sufficient number of attendants to comply with § 3.111(e)(4)):

(1) at least one full-time staff member with at least 6 years experience in a professional or managerial position dealing with captive cetaceans;

(2) at least one full-time staff member with at least 6 years experience in training cetaceans for SWTD behaviors in the past 10 years, or an equivalent amount of experience involving in-water training of cetaceans, who serves as the head trainer for the SWTD program;

(3) at least one full-time staff member with at least 3 years training and/or handling experience involving human/cetacean interaction programs;

(4) an adequate number of staff members who are adequately trained in the care, behavior, and training of the program animals. Attendants shall be designated by the trainer, in consultation with the head trainer/behaviorist and licensee/manager, to conduct and monitor interactive sessions in accordance with § 3.111(e); and

(5) at least one staff or consultant veterinarian who has at least the equivalent of 2 years full-time experience (4,160 or more hours) with cetacean medicine within the past 10 years, and who is licensed to practice veterinary medicine.