Tag Archives: orca captivity

Since 1970, seven wild-caught orcas, including a female captured in Canada and a male captured in the United States, have perished at Marineland's orca stadium. (They are: Calypso from Canada, Clovis from the United States, and Kim, Betty, Kim 2, Sharkane and Freya from Iceland.) Today, four captive-born orcas remain at the stadium, and rumors have surfaced that Marineland wants to get rid of them and is contemplating sending them to an aquarium in Japan.

30Jun

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

The Exploitation of Captive Orcas in France

Posts by : Helene O'Barry

Europe has two captive dolphin facilities with orcas on display. One of them is Loro Parque in Tenerife, Spain, where currently one

Katina, credit: @Cetabaker, Inherently Wild

01May

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The Dark Era of Orca Captures in Iceland

Posts by : Helene O'Barry

Kiska recently died at Marineland in Canada. She was one of more than 50 orcas captured off the coast of Iceland for

03Apr

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One Dolphin’s Story – Freya

Posts by : Helene O'Barry

In October 1982, a female orca calf was captured off the coast of Iceland. She would become known as Freya and according

Featured image: On July 12, 2015, Sharkan’s son Inouk and her daughter Wikie performed alongside Moana, Keijo, and now deceased Valentin at Marineland d'Antibes on the French Riviera. Valentin’s mother Freya died on June 20, just three weeks before this photo was taken. Her son Valentin died in October that same year.

23Feb

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One Dolphin’s Story – Sharkane

Posts by : Helene O'Barry

Sharkane, a female, was one of four orcas captured off the coast of Iceland in 1989. Like most Icelandic orcas captured for

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

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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

20Aug

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(Another) Orca Dead at SeaWorld

Posts by : Cara Sands

Despite the termination of SeaWorld’s orca breeding program in 2016, dolphins continue to fall victim to premature deaths, courtesy of their unnatural