Monthly Archives: February 2017
28Feb
BREAKING: Taiji’s Drive Season Over
For immediate release: March 1, 2017 TAIJI – Officials have confirmed to Dolphin Project that on March 1, the 2016/17 drive season
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28Feb
BREAKING: SeaWorld’s Continued Decline in 4Q 2016 Results
SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. has released its fourth quarter and full year of 2016 results – and once again, revenues and attendance are down. According
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26Feb
Profits Grow with Capture of Pantropical Spotted Dolphins
Taiji, 2-26-17: The dolphin hunting fleet of Taiji left early in the morning (6:30 a.m.), with 11 boats fanning out from north
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26Feb
Trio of Deaths: Sheriff’s Report on the Death of Daniel Dukes
Part three of a series revisiting the deaths attributed to SeaWorld whales and the OSHA-SeaWorld case. Read part one here, and part
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22Feb
BREAKING: Balikpapan City Says NO to Dolphin Shows
Balikpapan City, Indonesia: After many protests against the horrific traveling dolphin circuses in Balikpapan, the Mayor of Balikpapan City, Rizal Effendi, has
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21Feb
The Trio of Deaths – Keltie Byrne
This is the second part in a series of articles about SeaWorld, the death of Dawn Brancheau, OSHA and Tilikum. Read part
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20Feb
Seven Years On: Revisiting the Death of Dawn Brancheau
February will mark the seventh anniversary of the death of SeaWorld Senior Trainer Dawn Brancheau. Killed by the now deceased orca Tilikum
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19Feb
BREAKING: Pacific White-Sided Dolphins Captured in Taiji
Taiji, 2-19-17: We were hoping to see the banger poles removed from the boats, in anticipation of the end of Taiji’s dolphin drive
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13Feb
Hunters Joyous as Risso’s Fight to Stay Alive
Taiji, 2/13/17: For the second day in a row, Taiji’s dolphin hunters set their sights on Risso’s dolphins. And, like yesterday, within an hour
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09Feb
Activists to Korea: Stop Importing Taiji-Caught Dolphins
South Korea: 2/14/17: One of the two wild-caught dolphins shipped to Ulsan Aquarium has died. Source: Yonhap News On February 9, amidst trucks,
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