Qantas has joined the growing number of airlines/tour operators who pledge not to partner with facilities which hold captive dolphins or whales. A spokesperson for Qantas said, “We don’t promote…
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Marine Connection has teamed up with Colorado-based company FLOAT (For Love Of All Things) to further raise awareness about orcas in captivity and promote the seaside sanctuary concept. In association…
The southern resident orca population has fallen to only 73 after three adult killer whales were presumed dead as of July 1, 2019 by colleagues at the Center for Whale…
Thank you for deciding to put the welfare of dolphins and whales before profit by ending your support of SeaWorld. We hope that others will follow your lead, and just…
Recently, the Spanish theme park Loro Parque produced a document, the ‘Encyclopedia of Anti-Captivity Arguments,’ in which they attempt to rebut quoted statements from various sources expressing an anti-captivity viewpoint….
In 2008, Marine Connection launched its first ‘Lone Rangers’ report, historically documenting solitary cetaceans around the world. The new, updated Second Edition has just been released and covers solitaries from…
Tonga is one of the few places in the world where you can swim with humpback whales but at what cost to the animals? A new study by New Zealand’s…
Marine Connection welcomes the news today from Virgin Holidays that the company is to cease selling tickets to SeaWorld attractions and also, we believe, the Atlantis parks in Dubai and…
On May 7th, Planete Sauvage announced that the bottlenose dolphin known as Parel had given birth to a calf weighing around 12kg. This is the fourth birth at the park…
Maya, one of seven dolphins at the National Aquarium, Baltimore, has died after experiencing liver problems, inflammation and digestive issues. She first began showing signs of illness earlier this year…
