Monthly Archives: May 2024

Orcas are among the most powerful predators on planet Earth, but years of confinement in a show stadium reduces them to powerless performers who constantly stick their heads out of the water and open their mouths, much like baby birds who open their beaks as wide as they can to show they are hungry

30May

Blog, Campaigns, Captivity Industry | Posts by : Helene O'Barry

Loro Parque Downgrades Role of Orcas as Predators

Posts by : Helene O'Barry

Loro Parque in Tenerife, Spain, recently posted a video on their Facebook page. In it, Wolfgang Kiessling, the founder of Loro Parque,

Bella’s entire existence is just this - spending 24 hours a day in a sterile tank at Lotte World, Seoul, South Korea

29May

Blog, Campaigns, Captivity Industry | Posts by : Cara Sands

One Dolphin’s Story – Bella

Posts by : Cara Sands

Imagine spending the last five years of your life in solitary confinement, your only (intermittent) company, a species who doesn’t even speak

The show has ended, and Keto, who killed his trainer in 2009 out of sheer frustration, spends his time swimming in pointless circles, going nowhere. According to Loro Parque, this is an appropriate life for an orca, even though he belongs to one of the most intelligent and complex species in the animal kingdom.

20May

Blog, Campaigns, Captivity Industry | Posts by : Helene O'Barry

Complex Animals, Barren Enclosures at Loro Parque

Posts by : Helene O'Barry

Loro Parque recently published a video on its Facebook page in which they announce the results of one of their studies on

Wild-caught bottlenose dolphin being shipped to an aquarium for public display, Taiji, Japan

17May

Blog, Campaigns, Japan | Posts by : Cara Sands

Redaction of Taiji Public Records Ruled Illegal

Posts by : Cara Sands

Osaka, 5/17/24: Despite an appeal filed last year by the town of Taiji, the Osaka High Court ruled on May 17, 2024

Naya with her unnamed daughter who was born on December 29th 2023 and died 28 days later, on January 26th 2024. Since the death of her daughter, Naya once again lives in complete isolation at Moskvarium’s dreary orca stadium. Credit: Moskvarium; Inherently Wild

16May

Blog, Campaigns, Captivity Industry | Posts by : Helene O'Barry

The Last Surviving Orca at Moskvarium

Posts by : Helene O'Barry

A conversation with Russian dolphin freedom advocate Oxana Fedorova about Naya, the last surviving orca at Moskvarium in Moscow, Russia. Background: Naya,

Abandoned dolphins at Balmoral Island, Nassau, Bahamas

06May

Blog, Campaigns, Captivity Industry | Posts by : Cara Sands

Abandoned Dolphins Left to Starve in Bahamas

Posts by : Cara Sands

Updated 5/10/24: The Ministry of Agriculture and Marine Resources has advised that all five remaining dolphins were removed from Blackbeard’s Cay/Balmoral Island.