Seeing whales and dolphins in the wild, in their natural habitat as opposed to seeing them in confinement is something that Marine Connection supports, however, this must be done responsibly….
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Marine Connection has been working with and supporting the Stop Sea Blasts campaign, launched November 2020 to raise awareness about whales, dolphins, and other marine life being injured/killed by the…
The female dolphin known as Winter held at Clearwater Marine Aquarium since 2005, died at the facility on Thursday 11 November at around 8.00pm – she was only 16 years…
Organisations including Marine Connection are delighted with the news that online travel company Expedia has adjusted their animal welfare policy and will no longer be selling holidays that involve performances…
In the wild, beluga whales often dive to depths of more than 1,000 feet, yet current US federal standards require that in captivity these majestic whales live in tanks of…
As an organisation that monitors/documents solitary dolphins and whales globally, we find that usually when these marine mammals appear, it is not known where they have come from or what…
Questions have been raised following sightings of a solitary beluga whale in the Puget Sound area, hundreds of miles outside its usual range. Further investigation is being carried out to…
Marine Connection welcomes the news that the Russian government has finally approved draft legislation that could see a permanent ban on the captures of wild dolphins, whales and porpoises for…
Just as a report is due to be published regarding a mass stranding of beaked whales (mainly Cuvier’s and northern bottlenose whales) in 2018 on the west coast of Scotland,…
Marine Connection forms part of a coalition of organisations working together in relation to the transfer of five beluga whales from Marineland, Canada to Mystic Aquarium, USA in May of…
