Monthly Archives: December 2015
31Dec
Silent Night
New Year’s eve. The cove is quiet, the waters, a dark shade of midnight. It’s hard not to visualize all the dolphins,
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24Dec
One Dolphin’s Story – 366
Quick Facts Born: Unknown Stranded: March 2, 2005 Died: April 6, 2005 (injuries consistent with stranding) On March 2, 2005, I received a
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24Dec
SeaWorld’s Chronically Ill Orca, Unna, Succumbs to Resistant Disease
On Monday, SeaWorld San Antonio announced that Unna, an 18-year-old captive orca, had died earlier in the day. Just shy of turning read more
22Dec
Taiji Shows the World Why Captivity is a Death Sentence
December 22, 2015, Taiji, Japan: It’s done. Out of approximately 80 dolphins, about 20 were finally driven back out to sea, after
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Taiji, Japan is GROUND ZERO for the captive industry. With 150 orders from marine parks around the world for wild-caught dolphins, it's read more
18Dec
Horror in The Cove as Striped Dolphins Slaughtered
December 18, 2015, Taiji, Japan: When the first of two boats began to make their way back to the harbor, it seemed as if
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17Dec
Risso’s Pod No Match for Taiji Hunters
December 18, 2015, Taiji, Japan: After 16 days of dolphins being able to swim free and safe past the infamous cove, the read more
How We Saved Abandoned Dolphins in Russia
The following article was written by SaveDolphins.net, a marine mammal welfare and rescue group located in Russia. Dolphins on a dairy farm. read more
10Dec
Angels Among Us
It is with very mixed emotions that I visit the Taiji Whale Museum, a captive display minutes from where dolphins are both read more
09Dec
VIDEO: Rare Hector’s Baby Dolphin
The Hector’s Dolphin is one of the smallest and rarest dolphins in the world. Less then 7300 are believed to be in
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