The Guardian reports on the effort to rehabilitate and release Keiko, the orca star of the hit movies, Free Willy.
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Now that the SWIMS Act has been introduced into Congress, we need your help to ensure its passage. Check out ways you can help end captivity for small whales.
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Orcas, pilot whales, belugas, and false killer whales do poorly in captivity, in poor health and often stressed. The SWIMS Act, introduced today in Congress, will change that.
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Progress is being made shutting down dolphinariums around the world, but too many dolphins and whales remain in concrete coffins, entertaining us and generating obscene profits for facilities that hold these special and fragile animals.
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What is the alternative to SeaWorld's remaining captive orcas, languishing in small concrete tanks? Seaside sanctuaries can provide a safe haven for captive orcas as well as other captive cetaceans like beluga whales.
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VIDEO: 30 years ago, Jen MaHarry designed the iconic "Free Willy" movie poster, showing Willy jumping over a breakwater to freedom. Jen recently designed a wonderful new design for our campaign to retire the remaining captive orcas to seaside sanctuaries.
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Dave Phillips, Executive Director of the International Marine Mammal Project, talks to BBC radio about Keiko and his return to his home waters in Iceland, and his legacy for ending captivity for cetaceans.
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Soon, SeaWorld will have the only captive orcas in small tanks in North America. It is time they began retiring these orcas to seaside sanctuaries.
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Our Spanish version of Hannah Hindley's essay on Keiko, "Free Willy," and the closing chapter of captive orcas in North America.
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Hannah Hindley's full essay on Keiko, "Free Willy", and the need for retiring remaining orcas in captivity to seaside sanctuaries.
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