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Naya, who is the last survivor of three wild-caught orcas at Moskvarium in Russia, gave birth on December 29th 2023. The calf, a female, died just 28 days later, on January 26th. With the death of her daughter, Naya is once again all alone. Moskvarium opened to the public in August 2015 with a young male named Nord and two young female orcas named Narnia and Juliette. (”Juliette” was Naya’s previous stage name.) They were captured during the period 2012-2014, and both Narnia and Nord have since died. CREDIT: Moskvarium; Inherently Wild: https://inherentlywild.co.uk/najas-gallery/

18Feb

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

Wild-Caught Orcas: Captivity’s Lasting Toll

Posts by : Helene O'Barry

Orca captures in the United States, Canada, and Iceland stopped decades ago. But even after captures ended, the consequences continue to shape

Katina was made to perform and produce offspring at SeaWorld, all under the guise of teaching respect for nature. In truth, her life was spent in concrete tanks, far from her pod and the ocean off Iceland she was meant to call home. Credit: @cetabaker, Inherently Wild: https://inherentlywild.co.uk

14Jan

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Katina: Half a Century Stolen

Posts by : Helene O'Barry

The captive orca Katina died at 50 at SeaWorld Orlando on December 20, 2025—half a century stolen. Her life stands as a testament to the wrongs

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

Posts by : Helene O'Barry

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

24Jun

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

So, You’ve Visited a Dolphinarium

Posts by : Cara Sands

Imagine being on the open water, enjoying the irreplaceable experience of watching wild orcas (killer whales), knowing that you’re witnessing: the largest

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

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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,

Lolita performs in her tiny tank at Miami Seaquarium

18Aug

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Lolita the Orca is Dead

Posts by : Cara Sands

The last surviving orca of the infamous Penn Cove captures of 1970 is dead. AUGUST 18, 2023: Lolita (also known as Tokitae),

09Jan

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Orca Narnia Dies at Moskvarium

Posts by : Cara Sands

Narnia, the matriarch orca at Moskvarium aquarium in Moscow, has died. At only 17 years of age, she was a mere youngster.

07Nov

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Help the Captive Dolphins of Argentina

Posts by : Cara Sands

The following blog was written by guest blogger and activist in Argentina Dalila Lewis. This past October has been a whirlwind of

At Loro Parque, Morgan spends her days performing for crowds of mainly European tourists. Her attention remains fixated on the bucket of fish throughout most of the show, and trainers have successfully programmed her to perform abnormal behaviours in exchange for food rewards.

20May

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Morgan’s Heart-Rending Captive Tale

Posts by : Helene O'Barry

A story of loss and human betrayal As soon I enter the stadium, I see her. She is logging on the water’s

Lolita and Pacific white-sided dolphin, Miami Seaquarium

04Mar

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Are Lolita’s Performing Days Over?

Posts by : Cara Sands

Lolita might have just performed her last shows. On March 3, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) granted a license to The

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