Holding pens for captured dolphins, Taiji, Japan. At any given moment, hundreds who’ve had their freedom stolen await their sale to marine parks around the world. Photo Credit: LIA/Dolphin Project To a dolphin, captivity is a living hell. That they are somehow ‘luckier’ than those killed outright is debatable. Every year, hundreds of dolphins are...
The tragedy of a life stolen, but we still have a chance to do the right thing I was saddened to hear the news of Kiska’s passing this week, but also a little relieved. Her life has been one marked with misery for many years – the last 12 of them completely alone. Her kind...
A place of sadness, injustice, and an utter lack of compassion Taiji is a place of genuine horror. What goes on there, from Sept 1st to Mar 1st of every year, is beyond anything we can conceptualize as part of the routine fabric of life in a modern industrialized nation. It’s a sickness that somehow...
The moment her freedom was stolen, over half a century agoPhoto Credit: One Green Planet – onegreenplanet.org The show is finally over. After more than a half century of forced performances, the Miami Seaquarium has announced that Lolita will no longer be required to take part in shows. She is known as Tokitae to the...
Which is the greater injustice? To have lived free and one day to have it cruelly and permanently denied? Or to have never known it at all? Which do you find more heartbreaking? For the overwhelming majority of captive dolphins, one or the other of these is their reality. If you had to choose between...
In this image from The Dodo we can see that, for SeaWorld, the orcas’ wellbeing is not the first priority.
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When Mr. Bolsonaro dismisses conservation efforts as being of little value and needing to be reduced in order to spur economic growth, do conditions on the ground change? The Amazon rainforest’s fate will be determined by facts, not by anyone’s wishes.
Years after its release, the documentary’s effects continue to be felt at SeaWorld.
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As conditions continue to deteriorate, as many as nine beluga whales have died at Marineland in less than three years.
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Public outage continues to grow over Marineland’s treatment of Kiska, the world’s only orca living in complete isolation from other marine mammals.
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