Each year Norway announces a self-imposed whaling quota, which for 2020 was nearly 1,300 minke whales. This season 12 boats took part in the hunts, slaughtering 462 whales through using…
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Six northern bottlenose whales have died in what has been described as the largest live stranding of the species in the country’s history. The whales were discovered on Rossknowlagh Beach…
Humans create a considerable amount of noise in the ocean but to what degree do we understand the full impact of our activities on marine life? Sound is the primary…
Marine Connection is supporting the Campaign to End Wildlife Trade. As members of a coalition of the UK’s leading animal welfare and conservation groups we are, in association with World…
Since being taken from the wild and her real family on 8 August 1970, Tokitae (aka Lolita) remains half a century later, confined to the smallest orca tank in the…
There is nothing better than a search and rescue story – no matter who it is being rescued. In late July, the Wildlife Board of the Målselv municipality (Norway) was…
Residents of the Primorsky Territory in Russia’s Far East are being urged not to interact with several wild beluga whales in the area, thought to be some of the captive…
Incredible and exciting news! A female bottlenose dolphin who has made the Isle of Man her home since last summer has been identified as Moonlight, one of the resident population…
We are pleased to announce that we have partnered with Australian-based company Ark & Sea who are helping raise funds to support our campaigns. Marine Connection receives 10% from every…
In 2018 we celebrated the news that the City of Barcelona had pledged to be ‘cetacean free’. Since then many options for the dolphins future have been considered including moving…
