Author Archives: Helene O'Barry

Morgan (pictured in the back) and Kohana jump on command during a show at Loro Parque’s orca stadium in December 2021, just ten months before Kohana's death in September 2022. Citing inadequate living conditions, a scientific agency in Spain has refused the transfer of Icelandic orcas Wikie and her son Keijo from Marineland d'Antibes in France to Loro Parque in Tenerife where four orcas have died in the last four years.

15Apr

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Spain Says No to Dolphin Transfer

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There are new developments in the situation at Marineland d’Antibes in France, where the exploitation of orcas and other dolphins must end

Morgan has given birth twice since she arrived at Loro Parque in 2011, first to a daughter, who is now dead, and recently to a son. How long will it be before trainers start the process of shaping Morgan's second offspring into a performer, just like they did with her daughter Ula?

10Apr

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Morgan’s New Calf Faces Life of Restraint

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Loro Parque in Tenerife, Spain, has confirmed that Morgan’s new calf, born on March 31, is a male. In a pinned Instagram

Morgan is believed to belong to a community of orcas in Norway. When, on June 24, 2010, she was found dehydrated and malnourished off the coast of Holland, staff from Harderwijk dolphinarium brought her ashore and placed her in one of their tanks. In 2011, a judge ruled that she should be sent to Loro Parque, and she arrived there on November 29th that year. She has lived there since, and a team of trainers has successfully shaped her into a performer, just like the others. Her new calf, too, will no doubt be incorporated into shows as soon as he can be trained to follow his trainers' commands.

31Mar

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Morgan Gives Birth for a Second Time

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Loro Parque in Tenerife, Spain announced on its website on March 31st that Morgan has given birth. They believe the calf is

From left to right: Ingrid Visser, Jan Schmidt Burbach, Lamya Essemiali, Delphine Ronfot, Ric O'Barry, and Paul Watson. Credit: Sea Shepherd France

24Mar

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Marineland d’Antibes’ Cetaceans Deserve Better

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We are still trying to convince French authorities not to allow Marineland d’Antibes to sell its 12 bottlenose dolphins and two orcas,

06Feb

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A Warehouse or the Ocean?

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Dolphinariums in Europe have been breeding dolphins for decades under the pretext of “conservation and education.” The European Union now has a

Duisburg Zoo has been exploiting dolphins in shows for five decades. The dolphins are confined in a small roof-covered stadium, and there is no way for them to express their natural abilities, such as foraging, navigating, and exploring. It is time for all countries in Europe to finally ban the cruelty. We support the German NGO "Freedom for Dolphins and Whales" in their efforts to stop the exploitation of dolphins in Germany.

20Jan

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Stopping the Exploitation of Dolphins in Germany

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A few months ago, the Flemish Minister for Animal Welfare announced that Boudewijn Seapark, which is located in Bruges, Belgium must close

Bottlenose dolphin secured to skiff, after being ripped away from their pod and the open ocean for “life” in captivity, Taiji, Japan

02Jan

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How Taiji Profits off of Dolphins’ Suffering

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Why do dolphin hunters in Taiji continue to capture hundreds of dolphins and force them into the town’s infamous killing cove year

Keto was the largest of the orcas at Loro Parque, but he looks so small here as he leans up against the concrete platform of his dreary enclosure. He was used in theatrical shows at Loro Parque for 18 years before his death.

22Nov

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Keto the Orca Has Died

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Keto, who has been used as a “must-see” tourist attraction at Loro Parque in Tenerife for the last 18 years, has died.

Captive dolphin show at Boudewijn Seapark, Belgium. Credit: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license, user: Paul Hermans

18Nov

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Exploitation of Dolphins to be Banned in Belgium

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Persistence pays off! Belgium’s last dolphinarium, located in Bruges, which is the capital of West Flanders in northwest Belgium, is due to

The German travel and tourism company TUI continues to support the commercial exploitation of orcas and other dolphins, even though these complex marine mammals clearly don’t thrive in concrete stadiums. On one of its websites, TUI promotes the orca show at Loro Parque as an "Orca Ocean spectacle," thereby admitting that the role of the performing orcas is to provide superficial holiday fun.

11Nov

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Help Stop the Use of Orcas for Entertainment

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Loro Parque in Tenerife, Spain, currently displays four orcas at its concrete orca theater, which has the rather misleading name “Orca Ocean.”

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