Margaux Dodds

Disney Cruise Line (The Walt Disney Company subsidiary) sells onshore excursions to passengers, including closely interacting with dolphins in captive facilities around the Caribbean, Bermuda and Mexico. The company currently…

In December 2024, Marine Connection sent a letter supported by 33 organisations to the French Government urging them to retire Wikie and her son Keijo, the two remaining orcas at…

With the unfortunate news of the recent death of a newborn female orca within the beloved southern resident orca population, we welcome new rules now in place to ensure boaters…

Finnish Customs has completed a preliminary investigation of the suspected illegal import of around 36,000 kilogrammes of whale meat from Norway to Finland in 2022. The meat was imported in…

China Cetacean Alliance (CCA) — a coalition of international and Chinese animal welfare organisations has released its third edition of OCEAN THEME PARKS: China’s Growing Captive Cetacean Industry (2019-2024). Worryingly,…

A male humpback has set a record for the longest migration between feeding and breeding grounds in different oceans — travelling more than 13,000 kilometres between South America and Africa. …

A new study shows “hotspots” where most ship collisions occur with whales in the world’s oceans and the lack of protection for the majestic giants. Global shipping traffic overlaps with…

Three bottlenose dolphins have died at Gulf World Marine Park, Florida, within a month, Turk 15, Gus 14, and Nate who was 20. The facility was purchased in 2015 by…

As a child, I was truly fascinated by our oceans. Over 30 years ago, I encountered a wild, solitary, sociable dolphin known as Fungie in Dingle Bay, Ireland. I wanted…

The EU Commission has adopted a delegated act establishing measures in the Bay of Biscay by 2025 to prevent incidental catches of dolphins and other small cetaceans in fisheries. Unless…