This year to date, 10 killer whales have been incidentally caught in Alaska by the Bering Sea and Aleutian Island groundfish trawl fisheries and in its annual longline survey for…
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Given the importance of animal welfare and the work carried out globally by Marine Connection, we are delighted to report that the Animals (Low Welfare Activities Abroad) Bill passed its…
Very disappointing news. Iceland is to resume killing fin whales after the island’s government has allowed the hunt (which was temporarily banned in June due to animal welfare) to commence…
Yesterday, Sunday 27 August, a ceremony that was initially planned to celebrate the installation of a story pole in honour of the orca known as Tokitae, changed to a celebration…
We are deeply saddened by the way in which Lolita/Tokitae has been treated since her death. A necropsy was deemed necessary, however the body she occupied whilst on this earth…
Following a six-month investigation, 55 individuals were recently questioned in connection with an illegal whaling operation and the killing of 17 minke whales. 13 are now being held by the…
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) recently released its first-ever extinction alert to warn of the potential danger facing the critically endangered vaquita porpoise. Its population has dramatically decreased from approx….
In May of this year, three dolphins were moved from Siegfried and Roy’s Secret Garden and Dolphin Habitat at the Mirage, Las Vegas, to a facility in the Caribbean. One…
Marine Connection welcomes the news that the largest railway company in the Netherlands, Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), is ending its long-standing commercial partnership with Dolfinarium Harderwijk. For many years NS has…
Another Hector’s dolphin has been caught in fishing gear – the second within two months. The marine mammal was accidentally caught by a commercial fishing trawler off the Canterbury coast,…
