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THE PERFECT PAIR DOLPHIN TRILOGY
GALLERY OF CAPTIVE DOLPHINS

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YOU KNOW ME AS NEPTUNE, THE ALL-POWERFUL RULER OF MOTHER EARTH’S OCEANS. YET EVEN I AM PLAGUED BY THE WANTON GREED AND DESTRUCTION OF HUMANKIND - A LIVING, BREATHING PESTILENCE THAT POISONS MY REALM WITH ITS TOXIC WASTE AND GARBAGE, WHILST BRUTALLY MURDERING MY SUBJECTS WITHOUT A SHRED OF REMORSE.
 
SUCH IS YOUR INDIFFERENCE THAT EVEN MY PRECIOUS ATLANTEANS FALL FOUL OF YOUR MERCILESS FURY. WELL, ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. YOU ARE BUT A NEW PLAGUE ON AN ANCIENT WORLD - A PLANET THAT FLOURISHED LONG BEFORE YOUR VERMIN HORDE ARRIVED.
 
YOU ATTACK NATURE’S CHILDREN AT YOUR PERIL FOR MY MISTRESS IS VENGEFUL. MOTHER NATURE DOESN’T NEED YOU. IT IS YOU WHO NEED HER.
 
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
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As The Perfect Pair Dolphin Trilogy is a TRUE story, we were advised to change all names of people and places, and to publish under the FICTION banner. However, names of venues and players were later revealed via a pro-captivity blogger.
Thus, we confirm the following:

HEAD TRAINER DAVID CAPELLO - HEAD TRAINER DAVID C HOLROYD
VET PHILIP HAYNES - BBC CELEBRITY VET AND AUTHOR DAVID TAYLOR
​GENERAL MANAGER TOMMY BACKHOUSE - BBC CELEBRITY PRESENTER TERRY NUTKINS
THE COMPANY - ENTAM LEISURE, SUBSIDIARY OF TRUSTHOUSE FORTE GROUP
HENDLE DOLPHINARIUM - KNOWSLEY SAFARI PARK DOLPHINARIUM
WEST COAST DOLPHINARIUM - RHYL DOLPHINARIUM
WELBY DOLPHINARIUM - WOBURN ABBEY DOLPHINARIUM
NORTH LISTON TRAINING POOL - SOUTH ELMSALL PENS
WINSTON - WINDSOR SAFARI PARK

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A STORY TO SMASH AN INDUSTRY!
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The first story in the award-winning book series, The Perfect Pair Dolphin Trilogy
The first book of The Perfect Pair Dolphin Trilogy - The Perfect Pair: The Enchanted Mirror
Herb'e interacts with his trainer, David Capello, during one of their many play sessions.
A now-famous picture of Duchess and Herb'e with David Capello.
David Capello's fish hand - a dramatic trick that always wooed the crowd.
Herb'e enjoying a tickle under his pec, while Duchess tries hard to muscle in.
Duchess - always the show-girl posing for the camera.
The young David Capello wooing the crowd with Duchess and Herb'e's opening bows.
A tender moment with Duchess - David Capello's favourite girl.
Duchess and David Capello - always closely connected.
"Who's a beautiful girl!" Duchess cries, "Me!"
Herb'e - David Capello's bundle of mischief. Always laughing!
Duchess - the love of David Capello's life!
David Capello's Perfect Pair jumping in perfect unison.
"Now, be a good boy, Herb'e, and stop causing trouble!"
This dolphin is called Twinkle, and she's trapped in toxic water - a disgrace that fuelled Capello's rebellion against the captive industry.
The Perfect Pair: The Mirror Cracks - the second book in the award-winning The Perfect Pair Dolphin Trilogy
Her name is Bonnie - a gentle giant and one of the most famous dolphins in UK history.
This dolphin is named Eccles - a top performer in his day. He's posing for a publicity shot.
A beautiful publicity photo of David Capello and his beloved dolphin, Duchess.
Duchess and Herb'e, affectionately known as "The Perfect Pair". David Capello's prize dolphins.
Bonnie and Clyde - the UK's most famous 1970s dolphin team.
David Capello comforting Duchess during a veterinary examination.
An exhausted David Capello photographed during a hand catch with the dolphin, Scouse.
The dolphin team Bonnie and Clyde beaching on stage at Knowsley Safari Park dolphinarium.
An extremely dangerous photo: the Knowsley Safari Park plaque and official Herb'e (aka Flippa) dolphin records .
David Capello hand catching Scouse for transport. A stressful time for both boy and dolphin.
David Capello performing the unenviable tail catch - one that nearly always results in injury to the catcher involved.
Duchess and Herb'e's body spins, part of David Capello's much-revered dolphin shadow ballet.
Dolphins Bonnie and Clyde perform their unique double-reverse tail walk.
David Capello's schoolteacher friend, "Dan", performing the double fish hand with dolphins Duchess and Herb'e - The Perfect Pair.
Presenter "Carol" during Duchess and Herb'e's early days at Knowsley Safari Park.
"Dan" trying to lure Duchess into the stage to receive her vitamin fish - always difficult.
"Hello, Herb'e! Are you going to be a good boy today? Or are you gonna give me grief?" David Capello with his prince of mischief!
Duchess and Herb'e's double back somersault, part of the revered dolphin shadow ballet.
Look into David Capello's eyes. They tell the story of a young trainer broken by the cruelty of the aqua-circus.
This is "Vance", presenter and David's closest friend, interacting with a very young Duchess and Herb'e.
Do you recognise this now-famous UK comedian/actor compering this Knowsley Safari Park dolphin show?
David Capello training a young Duchess and Herb'e in their first week at Knowsley Safari Park dolphinarium.
"Come on, Herb'e! Stop messing about! We've got work to do." Herb'e always keeps David Capello on his toes.
The fabulous Duchess and Herb'e (aka Flippa), affectionately known within UK dolphinaria as The Perfect Pair.
The Perfect Pair: Shards from the Mirror. The third book in The Perfect Pair Dolphin Trilogy expose - and the most feared by those who profit from dolphin suffering.
David Capello at Rhyl dolphinarium training the dolphin named Twinkle.
The dolphin, Duchess, performing her tail walk routine.
Duchess and Herb'e with David Capello during one of their play sessions. No shows. No pressure. Just fun!
Duchess and Herb'e's spectacular double backflips - one of the tricks that propelled them into dolphin folklore, and part of David Capello's shadow ballet.
Duchess and Herb'e, The Perfect Pair, strut their stuff through the double hoops at Rhyl dolphinarium.
Here is a photo of the vit fish, along with the vitamins loaded down the gills of the herrings. These supplements were given to the dolphins every morning.
A beautiful high feed by "Vance" - a huge part in the moulding of The Perfect Pair.
David Capello conducting a backwash of the infamous filtration system at Knowsley Safari Park dolphinarium - something he did every night to ditch toxic water.
Here is Twinkle - visibly subdued after a David Capello hand catch.
This photo says it all: dolphin and whale captivity is WRONG and unacceptable in every way.
Schoolteacher, "Dan", the custodian of David Capello's fragile psyche.
The dolphin, Herb'e, loved having his teeth cleaned because it tickled the roof of his mouth.
More precious David Capello moments with his prize dolphin, Duchess.
Capello's fateful transport from Knowsley Safari Park to Rhyl - the beginning of the end for The Perfect Pair and David Capello.
David Capello, who didn't like heights, performing a double fish hand at Knowsley Safari Park dolphinarium.
The happy-go-lucky Herb'e, aka Flippa, at Knowsley Safari Park dolphinarium.
This handsome dolphin is called Eccles - a well-known performer at Rhyl dolphinarium.
A dolphin transport that has changed little over the last 55 years, as proven by this photo.
David Capello and "Carol" scrubbing the algae from the Knowsley Safari Park dolphinarium pool walls - the same night that David had his fateful run-in with the then general manager, "Tommy Backhouse", aka Terry Nutkins of BBC fame.
Note how their bodies never touch the sides - the fantastic show dolphins, Duchess and Herb'e.
Europe's then longest-living show dolphins, Bonnie and Clyde, performing their fantastic beaching. For purists, note: tails high and heads high.
David Capello loading the herrings with vitamins - part of his morning routine.
Another great shot of dolphins, Duchess and Herb'e, performing the hurdle at Knowsley Safari Park dolphinarium.
This is the only surviving photo of David Capello's little blind prize fighter known as Scouse. Note the extensive scarring to his body due to the horrific trans-Atlantic transport that robbed this dolphin of his sight.
Bucketing out the sumps of an empty Knowsley Safari Park dolphinarium pool.
This photo was secretly taken to illustrate the problems with the Knowsley Safari Park filtration system, which was not fit for purpose - the focus of David Capello's constant stand-offs with general manager, Terry Nutkins of the BBC's Really Wild Show and Animal Magic.
A kiss for Herb'e during David Capello's happier times with his dolphin charges at Knowsley Safari Park dolphinarium.
The "connection" and the love go both ways. Just look at Duchess' eyes.
Here they are! The deadly duo ... the formidable Smelly and Worse - two Humboldt penguins who kept David Capello on his toes.
"I heard that, Herb'e! Remember, the connection goes both ways!"
David Capello covertly pulling the plug on a toxic pool, explicitly against the instructions of Terry Nutkins, general manager of the dolphinaria owned by Trusthouse Forte subsidiary Entam Leisure. Note the black water of the holding pen that conceals a distressed Duchess and Herb'e.
The Perfect Pair Dolphin Books
The love between a trainer and his dolphin. Capello and Duchess. He will always remember.
​SOUTH ELMSALL - THE UK'S SECRET DOLPHIN TRAINING PENS
REVEALED AT LAST BY REPORTER, OLIVIA HALE,
IN THE YORKSHIRE POST, THE PONTEFRACT AND CASTLEFORD EXPRESS, AND THE WAKEFIELD EXPRESS.
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THE STORY SO MANY HAVE TRIED TO COVER UP IS UNLEASHED!
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  • David and Tracy Talkin' Belinda Fellgate!
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