On June 9, a female calf was born to Ariel at Kolmarden Zoo and has been named Alana. The calf’s father, David was born in Mundomar in 2004 and transferred…
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On June 22nd 2018, two men were tried in the Xicheng Court, Beijing charged with illegally acquiring and selling four wild finless porpoises in early 2107. The protected marine mammals…
Visitors to the Welsh coastline (UK) this summer are being reminded not to disturb the marine wildlife after reports of swimmers approaching the wild bottlenose dolphins which frequent the Cardigan…
In 2016, Marine Connection contacted the Minister for the Environment in Gibraltar following reports that many dolphins in British Gibraltar Territorial Waters (BGTW) were being injured due to a fishing…
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson recently unveiled legislation aimed at protecting the highly endangered North Atlantic right whale. The SAVE Right Whales Act of 2018 (S. 3038) establishes a new grant…
In December 2017 a dead female orca was brought up in the net of a deep-water trawl vessel, 30 nautical miles northeast of Banks Peninsula on the South Island of…
It’s the start of the annual summer holiday season with many looking forward to that well-deserved break and, for some, this will include a visit to marine parks. Although the…
The carcasses of 13 bottlenose dolphins have washed up on Delaware shores (USA) in the last few weeks, spanning the length of the state from the Delaware Bay to Cape…
Marine Connection welcomes the news that the California Senate recently passed animal welfare bill, SB 1017. The legislation which passed in a unanimous 33-0 vote now moves to the Assembly….
As our supporters will be aware, Marine Connection has been voicing our concern over plans by the Cromarty Firth Port Authority application to carry out ship-to-ship oil transfers at sea…
