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Kylie Minogue dropped by animal charity

Singer angers campaigners over Dubai gig

Kylie Minogue was paid £1.5 million for performing at the Atlantis Palms Hotel launch

Kylie Minogue has been dropped as from the list of celebrity supporters of animal charity Marine Connection.

The singer, 40, angered bosses when she was involved in the £20 million launch of the Atlantis Palms Hotel in Dubai – a facility that keeps dolphins in captivity so guests can swim with them.

‘Because Miss Minogue supported a facility that has captive dolphins captured from the wild we can no longer be associated with her,’ spokeswoman Margaux Dodds tells Daily Star Sunday.

Kylie was paid £1.5 million for performing at the lavish event.

The hotel claims the Dolphin Bay attraction is a rescue rehabilitation centre for the injured animals.

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