Five beluga whales (four females and one male), were transported from Marineland, Canada to Mystic Aquarium, USA, over the weekend. The whales, Jetta, Havana, Kharabali, Havok, and Sahara, ranging in…
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Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, confirmed at a government meeting earlier this week that the country will move forward to introduce new legislation banning the wild capture of various marine…
Marine Connection is thrilled to announce we have partnered with 2022 Golden Globe Race (GGR22) solo sailor Pat Lawless to raise awareness of the threats to our oceans and the…
According to a new study, some Icelandic orcas have very high concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls(PCBs) in their blubber but other orcas from the same population have levels of PCBs that…
Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Viktoria Abramchenko confirmed earlier today that the government has prepared amendments to a draft Federal law to permanently ban the capture of wild cetaceans (dolphins and…
Loro Parque has reported that there are concerns over the health of Ula at Loro Parque, Tenerife. Born to Morgan at the park in September 2018, the facility has reported…
Lung damage, hunger and disorientation have been cited as the factors that led a pod of 52 short-finned pilot whales to strand earlier this year on Madura Island, Indonesia. 34…
Trained to perform tricks for the visiting public for most of their lives, the dolphins held at Dolfinarium Harderwijk will no longer do so following an investigation commissioned by the…
Marine Connection very much welcomed the news earlier this month on the passing of a ban on the keeping of cetaceans in captivity by the Capital Region of Brussels. We…
Vancouver Aquarium has transferred ownership of the Stanley Park facility to a privately owned tourism company based in the United States, Herschend Enterprises. The facility has been closed for most…
