FOOTIE boss Wayne Rooney has landed in hot water for swimming with captive dolphins.
His wife, Coleen, shared a snap of the Derby County manager, 36, and their four sons at Atlantis Dolphin Bay in Dubai.
They were seen stroking a dolphin while son Klay, nine, got a peck from one at the £150-a-head attraction.
Peter Kempl-Hardy, at World Animal Protection, said the family had been misled.
He added: “Unfortunately, the industry is profiting billions from keeping dolphins in barren, concrete tanks 200,000 times smaller than their natural space.”
Animal protection charity Peta said the dolphins are confined for decades to “tiny, chlorinated tanks and groped by strangers”.
The Rooneys are in Dubai awaiting the result of Coleen's Wagatha Christie High Court libel trial.
The ruling is expected to be delivered in the next two weeks.
Coleen, who is being sued for damages over her now infamous post accusing Rebekah of leaking stories to the Press, has told pals: "The result doesn't matter — I've already won."
MadridMaldives
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We are lying in a world full of hypocrites and hypocrisy. There are millions who are dying around the world including many children out of poverty, malnutrition, war and from many other things, yet some people are more worried about dolphins!!
Renacdkpr
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What kind of nonsense is this ..? There are zoos and aquariums all over the world with captured creatures. Why is this a problem when Rooney and his family take pictures with dolphins? Pleaseee let’s talk about “Humans “ being killed in all sorts of inhumane way … after all he only took pictures with them but didn’t kill none of the dolphins… STOP that nonsense and let’s worry about something important.. PEACE ✌️