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At Loro Parque, Morgan spends her days performing for crowds of mainly European tourists. Her attention remains fixated on the bucket of fish throughout most of the show, and trainers have successfully programmed her to perform abnormal behaviours in exchange for food rewards.

20May

Blog, Campaigns, Captivity Industry | Posts by : Helene O'Barry

Morgan’s Heart-Rending Captive Tale

Posts by : Helene O'Barry

A story of loss and human betrayal As soon I enter the stadium, I see her. She is logging on the water’s

During shows at Loro Parque, orcas are repeatedly given the command to strand themselves on a concrete slide-out, something they obviously would never do in nature.

19Jan

Blog, Captivity Industry | Posts by : Helene O'Barry

Loro Parque: Orca Conservation or a Show of Submission?

Posts by : Helene O'Barry

At 11:35 a.m. on a Thursday morning, the orca show at Loro Parque, a zoo in northern Tenerife in the Canary Islands

24Jul

Blog, Campaigns, Captivity Industry | Posts by : Helene O'Barry

Loro Parque Thinks Foraging ‘Not a Big Deal’ for Orcas

Posts by : Helene O'Barry

On a hot, sunny afternoon, the orcas at Loro Parque in Tenerife, Spain, were working through the third killer whale spectacle that

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Orcas in Captivity

Posts by : Christine Gau

Captured from the WildMany captive orcas were born and bred in captivity, but this was not always the case. Beginning the in read more

17Jun

Blog, Captivity Industry | Posts by : Elizabeth Batt

Exclusive: Is SeaWorld’s Orca Kasatka Losing Her Battle with Chronic Illness?

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In August 2016, SeaWorld released information that Kasatka, the matriarchal orca at SeaWorld San Diego had been suffering from a bacterial respiratory

| Posts by : Christine Gau

About Orcas

Posts by : Christine Gau

Orcas (Orcinus orca) or killer whales are the world’s biggest dolphins, possessing the second-largest brain of all marine mammals. They belong to the read more