Tag Archives: orca captivity

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

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

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

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

20Aug

Blog, Campaigns, Captivity Industry | Posts by : Cara Sands

(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