Marine Connection is delighted to hear more about the long-range commitment to establishing a sanctuary in Washington State where Lolita can be retired, hopefully around 9 months from now. For…
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Almost three dozen people are under investigation after the group was caught allegedly harassing a pod of wild dolphins on the Big Island of Hawaii. In a press release, Hawaii’s…
Marine Connection is celebrating 30 years since the closure of the last dolphinarium in the UK with a renewed call for a ban on the import/export and display of captive…
On February 9-13, 2023, a total of 12 beaked whales were stranded, seven in the southern and five in the northern part of Cyprus. Most were dead when they were…
It is reported that MarineLand located in Niagara Falls, Canada has now officially registered to lobby the Canadian government with a view to selling the park, something that was rumoured…
Tokyo-based major whaling company Kyodo Senpaku Co. will open four more vending machines to increase its sales of whale meat and processed whale meat products in Tokyo and other locations…
Over recent days, four common dolphins, mainly juvenile, have washed up dead on beaches near Aberystwyth and Tywyn in Wales, prompting an investigation from authorities to confirm if there is…
Despite similar markings, a dead orca spotted off the Oregon Coast in the summer of 2022 was not southern resident, K44 but from a transient orca population. While the carcass…
We were recently alerted to the news that a bottlenose dolphin held at Primorsky Aquarium, Russia died in late September of this year. A post-mortem was conducted, however the cause…
A US court has temporarily banned imports of New Zealand fish caught in the habitat of the Māui dolphin because the country’s Marine Mammal Protection Act is weaker than its…
