Airdate: Dolphins: Is Our Love Too Deep?

Upcoming ABC documentary Dolphins: Is Our Love Too Deep? explores the impact humans are having on wild dolphins through hand feeding tourism programs in Australia at Monkey Mia and Bunbury in Western Australia, and Moreton Bay and Tin Can Bay in Queensland.

Hand feeding in some of these locations has caused a litany of problems including high calf mortality, aggressive behaviour, and reduced survival rates in the wild. However, this is only the tip of the iceberg, with mystery surrounding the deaths of female dolphins at Monkey Mia over the last five years.

The documentary examines research from the world’s leading marine scientists, as well as the views of marine biologists, environmental groups, conservation advocates and governments, who all have differing opinions on the issue.

The film investigates and challenges our insatiable need to interact with wild dolphins and lays bare the challenge of our all-consuming desire to get back to nature and the stark reality that we could be loving some dolphins to death.

Production Credits: A Sea Dog TV International Pty Ltd production. Principal production funding from Screen Australia in association with ABC. Financed with support from Screenwest. Local distribution by ABC. International sales by ABC Commercial. Producers Jodie De Barros and Leighton De Barros. Executive Producer Leighton De Barros. ABC Manager, Documentaries Stephen Oliver.

8:30pm Tuesday June 6 on ABC.