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…
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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…
NOAA Fisheries recently published a Federal Register notice announcing a 20-day comment period on administrative law judge, George Jordan’s recommendation that the Makah tribe in Washington state be allowed to…
The welfare of large-brained, socially complex wild animals like whales, dolphins (and elephants) in captive environments is a global concern. A new peer-reviewed paper Putative neural consequences of captivity for…
Following strong public interest, New Zealand’s Department of Conservation (DOC) has published a series of documents outlining its response to the orca calf stranding near Plimmerton, north of Wellington, New…
Marine Connection is deeply saddened to report the death of yet another known solitary/social bottlenose dolphin due to a vessel strike. On 12 September, a dolphin was reported floating on…
