Dubai Dolphinarium has made a brief statement about the viral video of one of its trainers riding a dolphin, telling local news that the ‘management is investigating the video. We cannot talk about the video while the investigation is ongoing.’

The footage in question:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B0l2mQIgaNX/?igshid=2id6f1wccoym

It led to the dissent of some people

The clip, found on Instagram, has now amassed more than 100,000 views in less than 24 hours after it was posted on an account called Karmagawa.

Marine activists and social media users condemed the act, stating that it was an unsafe act; since bottlenose dolphins, weighing 670 lbs, are not well-equipped to be on land.