Author Archives: Helene O'Barry
20May
Morgan’s Heart-Rending Captive Tale
A story of loss and human betrayal As soon I enter the stadium, I see her. She is logging on the water’s
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10Mar
Kolmården Zoo Ends Captive Dolphin Exhibit
Since 1993, Daniel Rolke, who is founder of The Animal Rights Alliance in Sweden, has worked tirelessly to expose the plight of
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19Jan
Loro Parque: Orca Conservation or a Show of Submission?
At 11:35 a.m. on a Thursday morning, the orca show at Loro Parque, a zoo in northern Tenerife in the Canary Islands
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17Nov
No Loro Parque, Dolphins Don’t Thrive in Concrete Tanks
On November 7th, 2021, Expedia announced this fantastic news on Twitter: “We recently adjusted our animal welfare policy. As a result, attractions
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18Sep
Culture and Tradition Long Gone Corrupt
“I am having a difficult time finding the right words to describe the pain and helplessness that I’m going through after the
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29Jul
The Cruelty of Sensory Deprivation
Sometimes when Rocky, Rambo, and Johnny are chasing live fish in the foraging pen, we observe them underwater to determine how many
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13Jul
Born To Be Wild!
During the COVID-19 pandemic, our Indonesian dolphin rescue team in Bali has done an amazing job giving Rambo, Rocky, and Johnny the
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16Apr
Prolonged Suffering of Stranded Dolphin in Denmark
If you went for a walk on the beach and all of a sudden saw a dolphin lying in the sand helplessly
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04Mar
One Dolphin’s Story – Yoda
Yoda originates from a colony of common bottlenose dolphins in Scotland called the “Moray Firth Dolphins,” named after the inlet—or firth—of the
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17Jan
The Killing of Hope in Taiji
On Christmas Eve, a young minke whale, whose gender has not been identified, got trapped in a set of fishing nets owned by the
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