Dolphins: Top news
FALSE CLAIM #3 BY SEAWORLD: SeaWorld recreates the wild by placing captive orcas together in tanks.
The TRUTH: SeaWorld’s orcas are in artificial groups, nothing like the wild.
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Orcas Do Not Belong in Captivity.
The 7 Truths SeaWorld Does Not Want You to Know!
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The Russian government announced on Monday that the remaining beluga whales in the notorious Whale Jail near the port of Nakhodka have been released back into the ocean.
On November 8, 2019, nineteen beluga whales were released from the Whale Jail from a Russian research vessel, the Professor Kaganovsky. An additional thirteen beluga whales were loaded on a second scientific research vessel, the Zodiac, and then released. The final eighteen beluga whales were loaded onto the Professor Kaganovsky and released on November 10th.
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Trixie Concepcion, Director of the Asia Pacific office of Earth Island Institute’s Dolphin Safe Monitoring Project, and her staff in the Philippines work to ensure that tuna companies adhere to the international standards for Dolphin Safe tuna. As a team, they monitor hundreds of tuna companies every year to verify that the companies are fishing in a Dolphin Safe manner.The Philippines, like other countries, has experimented in keeping dolphins captive to make money from tourists. But one of the companies they challenged is fighting back, with a lawsuit known in environmental circles as a SLAPP lawsuit.
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How does one learn to free a whale from entanglement if that whale is swimming hard and not interested in slowing down?
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The Taiji dolphin-hunting season is entering its second month, with a series of horrendous dolphin slaughters depicted in many news reports. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES.
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The following letter, signed by 27 prominent international marine mammal scientists, has been sent to the Russian government and media urging that no new quotas for live captures of beluga whales and dolphins occur in 2020.
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In the Anderson v. SeaWorld lawsuit, three plaintiffs contend that SeaWorld's statements about the health and care of captive orcas are false and mislead the public and violate California consumer protection and fair business practices laws.
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One of the major questions that confronts the release of cetaceans: Will they be able to find and rejoin their original family pods, despite being in captivity for a prolonged period of time?
A positive answer has now emerged for one of the Whale Jail orcas who has been released. On August 20th, Grigory Tsidulko and other Russian researchers studying bowhead whales around the Shantar Sea were able to photograph a pod of killer whales that included an orca with a satellite tag.
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A New Season of Slaughter Begins in Taiji on Sept. 1st -- More Captives for Life, More Meat on the Market That No One Should Eat, More Bloodshed!
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From pushing for sanctuaries for Wikie & Keijo and 30 beluga whales, to opposing attempts to gut the Endangered Species and Marine Mammal Protection Acts, to protecting wetlands in the Barataria basin, the International Marine Mammal Project has accomplished a great deal in 2025 for whales and dolphins.
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What is it like being a student intern at the International Marine Mammal Project? An internship can be life-changing for a student. Our intern Jillian talks about her experience with IMMP.
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From battling the whaling industry in Japan and Iceland, to exposing the continued slaughter of dolphins in Taiji, Japan, to saving the lives of tens of thousands of dolphins annually through Dolphin Safe tuna, the International Marine Mammal Project has accomplished a lot in 2024.
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The Taiji dolphin drive hunts have again ended, killing hundreds of dolphins for meat after removing "show quality" animals for a miserable life in captivity. Numbers were slightly higher this year for slaughter, although historically low compared to recent years.
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Three species of dolphins have been captured and slaughtered over the past month as the bloody Taiji dolphin drive hunts continue. Most of the dolphins you see in these photos are now dead. The hunts end on March 1st, but six months later, they will begin again.
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A former dolphin trainer explains the damage done by dolphin and small whale captures in Taiji, Japan. Learn the facts about how the aquarium industry sources wild dolphins for a lifetime of misery in small concrete tanks.
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On Tuesday, IMMP took the first step with Oasis Earth and CBD to sue the Trump administration for not taking action on a listing petition to add the gray whale to the US Endangered Species List. No response from the government, so we will see them in court.
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Gray whales are suffering a severe collapse of the population, threatening extinction. IMMP, Oasis Earth, and CBD have initiated a lawsuit against the Trump administration to relist the gray whale on the federal Endangered Species List.
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This year, the Pacific Ocean is experiencing an El Niño phase that poses immense danger for the global climate. Droughts, wildfires, flooding, bigger storms, and longer periods between rain. Combined with ongoing global warming, we are in for very wild times this year and next year.
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Like most cetaceans, beluga whales do poorly in captivity. Many are now kept in aquariums around the world -- some get stranded once the aquarium or park goes broke and shuts down. Learn about the beluga whale, and why it is a bad idea to keep them in small concrete tanks.
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We are deeply saddened at the death of orca whale Tokitae. Calls for her release were denied for decades and it’s shameful that she never got a chance to go home.
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30 years ago, the movie "Free Willy" was a huge hit. The plight of its orca star, Keiko, touched the public along with the moving story. Read how the International Marine Mammal Project took that spark of concern and returned Keiko to his home waters. SeaWorld and other captive dolphin parks would never be the same!
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The US is now the biggest importer of seafood in the world, but the sustainability of many of the fisheries involved is highly questionable. The experience with the Dolphin Safe tuna label can help form better monitoring and protection for fish populations, as well as protect non-target species like marine mammals.
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Every year, we estimate that the Dolphin Safe label on tuna cans saves the lives of 90,000 dolphins annually in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean, and many more in other oceans of the world. You, as a consumer, should know how the Dolphin Safe label works to protect dolphins in global tuna fisheries.
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A new Marine Mammal Protection Act has been proposed for the Philippines, with strong support from our IMMP Philippines office, with the support of Representative Co. Read about this new legislation to protect endangered species like the Irrawaddy dolphin and other Filipino whales and dolphins.
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- Freeing Orca Whales from Captivity >
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Thirty belugas in a closed park in Canada are scheduled to be sent to five aquariums in the US and Spain. IMMP is demanding a better review of their health before moving them and a ban on breeding them in captivity. Read our letter.
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The orcas Wikie and her son Keijo are still trapped in Marineland in France. Marineland wants the orcas to go to Loro Parque Zoo, an aquarium in Spain with one of the worst records of captive orca deaths. IMMP is urging the French government to instead retire Wikie and Keijo to a seaside sanctuary in Nova Scotia.
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Captivity in small concrete aquarium tanks is hard and often fatal for whales and dolphins. Dr. Lori Marino and her colleagues have laid out the issues for cetaceans in captivity in a new scientific article, building a powerful scientific case for ending captivity for whales and dolphins.
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