A beluga whale calf has been born at Guangzhou Zhengjia Polar Ocean World (southern China), the fifth to be born in the country. The mother gave birth in November 2020,…
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A solitary female common dolphin who lived around Eckerförder Bay, Germany for approximately a year has been found dead. Her body was found on the seabed by recreational divers on…
Marine Connection continues to liaise with Daniel Rolke our colleague at Djurrattsallians in Sweden who now advises that one of the two Parc Astérix dolphins which arrived at Kolmården Wildlife…
Marine Connection welcomes the news that the keeping of captive cetaceans in South Korea will eventually be banned due to a forthcoming amendment within the Zoo and Aquarium Management Act,…
Theme park Parc Astérix in France is to permanently close its dolphinarium. Their 8 dolphins and 5 sea lions will be moved to other parks within Europe over the next…
Twenty years after first being sighted in County Kerry, Ireland, the male solitary dolphin known as Georges appears to continue enjoying his wild travels. Although over the years he has…
Anne Hegerty, Mark Labbett and Shaun Wallace from ITV’s ‘The Chase’ (a British television quiz show) take to the road in a new series Trains, Brains and Automobiles. The programme…
It has been confirmed that troubled Hong Kong Ocean Park is to have even more money thrown at it from the government – this time a $361 million bailout loan! …
In May of this year, a four-year project will commence in Norway which will involve the live capture of minke whales to test their hearing. A Norwegian-American team of scientists…
Fishermen have killed a minke whale off the Japanese port of Taiji – 19 days after the juvenile became trapped inside set fishing nets owned Taiji Fisheries Cooperative. It’s been…
