After the 2011 nuclear crisis, many businesses that were located in the area of Japan that was affected shut down. The Inubosaki Marine Park Aquarium in the city of Choshi was one such business that shut down earlier this year because of the decline of visitors following the crisis.

However, the owner of this aquarium did not even bother to find new homes for the animals. Instead, they still live at the abandoned aquarium, where they are watched over and fed by former employees of the aquarium, although nobody knows how often they are actually given food.

A disturbing new video shows a dolphin named Honey living in a tank all alone at the aquarium. She has nobody to socialize with, and Sarah Ives said that many other animals at the aquarium are in the same situation. She started a petition to save these animals that states, “Honey and the over 40 penguins remaining at the aquarium are languishing in solitary confinement with only their most basic needs met by the skeletal crew tasked with their care. This is no life for a sensitive, social, and intelligent creature, such as this dolphin. Sign this petition to demand that Honey and all other animals at the Inubosaki Marine Park be moved to an approved and accredited wildlife sanctuary.”

Many protesters have taken place outside the aquarium demanding that the owner find new homes for the animals, but city officials have said that they have been unable to find him.

Ives made the petition to send to Yutaka Fukuda, chairperson for the Japanese Association of Zoos and Aquariums, in the hopes of convincing his organization to save these animals. Here’s what the petition has to say:

“Dear Mr. Fukuda,

“A dolphin who was tragically captured during the 2005 Taiji dolphin hunt has been living in solitary confinement within an abandoned marine park in Choshi. This animal, named Honey, is allegedly showing stress as the result of her many hours spent without any interaction with others of her kind. The Inubosaki Marine Park where she is kept has yet to detail any plan for her relocation or for that any of the other remaining animals at the facility, despite the fact that such long-term isolation is inhumane for such an intelligent and social creature.

“Please hold the owners and parent company for this marine park accountable for making sure that these animals are transferred to an accredited sanctuary as soon as possible. It is cruel to force Honey and the nearly four dozen penguins at the aquarium to languish for months on end with only the most basic level of care. I urge you to work with the aquarium to devise a plan that will best support these creatures’ well-being.”

Please keep these animals in your thoughts and prayers!