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Honey the Dolphin Dies Alone in Japan Park
| By Mark J. Palmer

Are you tired of social isolation? Honey the dolphin spent several years alone in an abandoned water park.
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Topics: Captivity Industry, Dolphin and Whale Trade, Dolphins, Japan
Why Dolphins Don’t Belong in the Las Vegas Desert

Have you ever had the chance to observe bottlenose dolphins in the wild? Watching the highly social marine mammals traveling in pods of 10-15, playfully surfing waves, hunting, mating, and protecting each other is unforgettable. Dolphins have even rescued humans struggling in deep water. There’s no question that dolphins belong in the ocean living wild and free from confinement. The contrast is alarming.
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Topics: Captivity Industry, Cetacean Habitat, Dolphin and Whale Trade, Dolphins
Victory! Russian Conservationists Petition for New Law for Orcas and Dolphins
| By Mark J. Palmer

Russian conservationists organized a massive turn-out of more than 100,000 petition signers, asking the Russian government to end captures of orcas, beluga whales and dolphins (essentially, any cetaceans) in Russian waters for captivity.
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Topics: belugas, Captivity Industry, Cetacean Habitat, China, Dolphin and Whale Trade, Dolphins, Orcas, Russia, SeaWorld, Whales
“Anderson v SeaWorld”: Key Quotes from Expert Witnesses #4
| Mark J. Palmer

Orcas Do Not Belong in Captivity: The 7 Truths SeaWorld Does Not Want You to Know!
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Topics: Captivity Industry, Cetacean Habitat, Dolphin and Whale Trade, Dolphins, Orcas, Rehabilitation, Release, Science, SeaWorld, Whales
“Anderson v SeaWorld”: Key Quotes from Expert Witnesses #3
| By Mark J. Palmer

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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Topics: Captivity Industry, Dolphin and Whale Trade, Dolphins, Orcas, Science, SeaWorld, Whales
What SeaWorld Doesn't Want You To Know (2/7)
| By Mark J. Palmer

Orcas Do Not Belong in Captivity. The 7 Truths SeaWorld Does Not Want You to Know!
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Topics: Captivity Industry, Dolphin and Whale Trade, Dolphins, Orcas, SeaWorld, Whales
Russian Whale Jail Defunct At Last

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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Topics: belugas, Captivity Industry, Cetacean Habitat, Dolphin and Whale Trade, Dolphins, Orcas, Rehabilitation, Release, Russia, Whales
Earth Island Philippines Fights SLAPP Suit Over Anti-Captivity
| By Mark J. Palmer, Edited by Mattie Naythons

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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Topics: Bans, Legislation, Captivity Industry, Dolphin and Whale Trade, Dolphins, Lawsuit
How to Disentangle a Whale, Russian Style
| Mark J. Palmer

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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Topics: Cetacean Habitat, Dolphins, Rehabilitation, Release, Russia, Science, Whales
New Science Paper Details Harm to Dolphins from Drive Hunts in Taiji, Japan
| Mark J. Palmer

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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Topics: Captivity Industry, Dolphin and Whale Trade, Dolphins, Japan, Slaughter, Taiji, Japan

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International Marine Mammal Project >
  • 2023 International Marine Mammal Project Accomplishments
    From the cold reaches of the Russian coast, to Japan's notorious Cove, to global tuna fleets, to Barataria Bay, to the concrete tanks of SeaWorld - the International Marine Mammal Project had key accomplishments for whales and dolphins, thanks to your support!
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  • Identifying the Cetaceans of the World
    There's a lot of whale and dolphin jargon out there. Here's some explanations about what we know about cetaceans.
  • Stopping Our March Towards An Unlivable World
    The damages of global warming are already here, and worse is to come. Can COP28 overcome national resistance and lobbying from the oil industry to adopt real solutions to global warming, including an equitable phase-out of the burning of fossil fuels?
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Save Japan Dolphins >
  • Taiji: The End of Dolphin Slaughter Season
    The Taiji dolphin slaughter was as horrendous as always, but the numbers of dolphins being killed and captures continues to decline. Can we end the dolphin hunts for good?
  • Declines of Taiji Dolphin Populations Confirmed
    A recent analysis by scientists, adopted by the IWC Scientific Committee, shows what many opponents of the Taiji dolphin hunts have feared -- the hunts are depleting several dolphin species along the coast of Japan, leading the dolphin hunters to go after other species, while still killing the depleted species.
  • Taiji's Annual Dolphin Slaughter Has Started: Why it Must End For Good
    The Taiji dolphin hunts are well underway, with a pod of bottlenose dolphins recently herded into the notorious Cove. The Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission is warning that some dolphin species are declining.
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Dolphin + Whale Project >
Keiko Whale Rescue >
  • Orca Tokitae (Also Known as Lolita) Passes On
    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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    Tokitae (also known as Lolita) has died. Photo Credit: Dr. Ingrid Visser, Orca Research Trust

  • “Free Willy” Paved the Way to Ending Whale Captivity (Part 1 of 3)
    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!
  • The Sad Death of Kiska, the World’s Loneliest Orca
    The last captive orca in Canada, Kiska, has died, after being kept alone for twelve years at the notorious MarineLand park in Niagara Falls. If Tokitae (Lolita) goes home to a seaside sanctuary, the only North American captive orcas will be those in SeaWorld's three parks.
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Dolphin Safe Fishing >
  • Staff Spotlight: Meet Trixie Concepcion, the Director of the Asia-Pacific Dolphin Safe Monitoring Program
    For more than 30 years, Trixie Concepcion and her staff have worked to protect dolphins and other marine life in the Philippines, monitoring tuna fishing in the Western and Central Pacific Oceans to ensure the tuna is caught by Dolphin Safe methods, saving the lives of tens of thousands of dolphins annually.
  • The Tuna Dolphin Tragedy
    The history of the drowning of millions of dolphins by the tuna industry turned a corner in 1990, when US tuna giants agreed to work with the International Marine Mammal Project to establish Dolphin Safe fishing standards that avoid harm to dolphins and other marine life.
  • IMMP Supports CCTV Onboard Tuna Vessels to Ensure Dolphin Safe
    In order to better monitor tuna vessels to ensure no dolphins are netted or harmed, the International Marine Mammal Project of Earth Island Institute is supporting placing closed circuit television (CCTV) aboard tuna vessels.
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Freeing Orca Whales from Captivity >

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