A coalition led by a group of dolphin experts, with financial backing from a Clay County couple, is now getting a chance to formally bid on Marineland Dolphin Adventure at a bankruptcy auction.

Marineland’s owner, The Dolphin Company, filed for bankruptcy in March. Over the summer, Marineland and some of the company’s other Florida parks were listed for sale. An auction held last month resulted in a winning bid of $7.1 million from a Texas-based developer, Delightful Developments LLC. An asset purchase agreement filed with the court as part of that bidding process indicated the attraction’s animals, which include 17 dolphins, would not be part of the sale, and would be relocated.

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