The industry is very proud of the control that medical behaviors give them. Marine mammal vets can get blood samples whenever they want, unless the dolphin is sick, a paradox that none of them will admit. Every policy decision of the Sugarloaf Dolphin Sanctuary was made from the standpoint of a complete absence of control. The most controlling aspect of dolphin captivity is the cages that contain them. Dolphin Rights Activists have confused freedom with returning to the wild.
Freedom is a matter of choice.
The only thing that matters is an open gate that lets the dolphins decide what they want to do. The skills necessary for a dolphin to return to the wild can only be obtained through real life experience. The project would end when the gate was opened. This is when the Sanctuary's release efforts began. At the Sanctuary, the dolphins would free themselves, taking all of the credit away from the dolphin rights activists.