Marine Connection is delighted to report that Britain’s biggest tour operator Thomas Cook is axing their trips to SeaWorld in the USA and Loro Parque in Tenerife from summer 2019…
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Since the first gathering in 2011, Superpod6 (SP6) kicked off on July 19th on San Juan Island, United States. This year’s theme was The Blackfish Effect – marking the five-year-anniversary…
Coastal areas surrounding the Hawaiian Islands have now been designated as a protected, critical habitat for the small, unique population of false killer whales living in those waters. The National…
As an organisation that cares deeply about the impact that plastic is having on dolphins, whales, porpoises and their ocean home, Marine Connection is delighted to announce that all our…
Ottawa, the capital city of Canada is to impose new regulations that will require boat users to keep a distance from whales, dolphins and porpoises. The announcement comes as people…
A consultation on extending the scope of the Ivory Bill 2017-19 to protect narwhals has been announced by the UK government. This would also protect hippos and walruses impacted by…
India’s National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) recently included four new diverse species in its recovery programme for critically endangered species which includes the Arabian Sea humpback whale. Threats to this…
Marine Connection welcomed the recent announcement from the Spanish Government that they are to create a new reserve for the migration of whales and dolphins in the Mediterranean Sea. The…
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…
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…
