The Whale Sanctuary Blog Archives
2024

How to Welcome a Whale to Sanctuary

What will it be like for a whale arriving at the sanctuary after a lifetime spent in a small concrete ...

Posted November 15, 2024 in News

French Government Prioritizes “Well-being” of Captive Orcas Wikie & Keijo

In its report, the French government emphasizes the well-being of the whales as the primary consideration in its recommendations as ...

Posted October 10, 2024 in News

For Wikie & Keijo, Whale Sanctuary Project Is “Most Credible Innovative Solution”

French government inspectorate says Whale Sanctuary Project is best sanctuary solution for captive orcas at Marineland Antibes.

Posted October 3, 2024 in News

What It Takes and How You Can Help

We are now seeking funds for both the capital expenditures for construction of the sanctuary and the operations to get ...

Posted June 13, 2024 in News

A Global Movement Is Born

This year, we have been in contact with several groups and organizations that are seeking to create cetacean sanctuaries. And, ...

Posted June 12, 2024 in News

The Urgent Need of Beluga Whales around the World

Beluga whales in Canada, South Korea, Taiwan and beyond need sanctuaries as urgently as orcas. We have already held discussions ...

Posted June 10, 2024 in News

Site Geography & Environment Analyses

Since selecting Port Hilford Bay as the location for the sanctuary in 2020, we have conducted extensive qualitative and quantitative ...

Posted June 9, 2024 in News

The Accelerated Plan and Bay Pen

Second in a series of posts about the urgent need of two orcas at Marineland Antibes in France –  Wikie ...

Posted June 4, 2024 in News

Hope for a Family in Distress

This is the first in a series of posts about progress in our work at the sanctuary site in the ...

Posted June 4, 2024 in News

The Passing of Inouk

Once again, we note the premature passing of an orca at a marine entertainment park: today it is Inouk at ...

Posted March 28, 2024 in News

The Whale Who Defected

Hvaldimir, the beluga whale who defected from the Russian navy. An insightful article from The New York Times tells his ...

Posted January 17, 2024 in News

Winter Newsletter 2022/3 – A New Life for Captive Whales

Here is a copy of our Summer Newsletter: "Creating the Whale Sanctuary." Read about progress at the sanctuary site and ...

Posted November 25, 2022 in News

Sanctuary, Parliament and Synchronicity

Over the last seven years, as the Canadian Parliament has been forging new ground in the protection of whales and ...

Posted October 11, 2022 in News

Orca Kohana Dies at Loro Parque Zoo

Loro Parque Zoo announced the death of the orca Kohana at the young age of 20. We should be shocked. ...

Posted September 16, 2022 in News

Five Fundamental Rights of Whales & Dolphins

Tom White, author of "In Defense of Dolphins" talks about how flourishing is the key to understanding the argument for ...

Posted September 5, 2022 in News, Opinion

The Death of Nakai and the Future of Captive Whales

The young orca Nakai, who was born at SeaWorld San Diego and lived in a tank there all of his ...

Posted August 8, 2022 in News, Opinion

Summer Newsletter 2022 – Creating the Whale Sanctuary

Here is a copy of our Summer Newsletter: "Creating the Whale Sanctuary." Read about progress at the sanctuary site and ...

Posted June 20, 2022 in News

A Whale of an Art Show!

Students at a Texas elementary school raise funds and awareness to help orcas and belugas It all began five years ...

Posted May 3, 2022 in News

Wendy McCaw: a Lifeline for Animals

The Wendy P. McCaw Foundation has been the major supporter of the Whale Sanctuary Project since 2017. Wendy's work protects ...

Posted April 22, 2022 in News

Lolita/Tokitae to be Examined by Independent Vets

  Mayor Danielle Levine Cava, entrepreneur and conservationist Pritam Singh, and Whale Sanctuary Project Executive Director Charles Vinick. (View the ...

Posted March 23, 2022 in News

How to Be a Successful Whale or Dolphin

How whales teach their young, learn from their families and friends, and pass along their culture to new generations.

Posted February 21, 2022 in News

Come Inside the Operations Center!

Today, Giving Tuesday 2021, we’d like to share a short video tour from Charles Vinick, our Executive Director, of the ...

Posted November 30, 2021 in News

Opening Day at Whale Sanctuary Operations Centre

It's another milestone toward the creation of the Whale Sanctuary in Nova Scotia. People from near and far gathered for ...

Posted October 31, 2021 in News

Shocking Government Report on Miami Seaquarium

New and deeply disturbing facts in a government report about life for the orca Lolita and other marine mammals at ...

Posted October 6, 2021 in News

Sanctuaries and the Study of Cetacean Communication

How an authentic coastal sanctuary will be able to supplement the work that’s being done in the open ocean by ...

Posted October 4, 2021 in News

Crisis at Marineland Canada

Last week, Kiska the orca at Marineland Canada became news all over the world when video was posted of her ...

Posted September 15, 2021 in News

Ula Was Never Part of Their “Family”

On Monday of this week, Loro Parque Zoo in the Canary Islands announced that the young orca Ula had died. ...

Posted August 11, 2021 in News

The Rescue of Toa

Toa, as the six-month-old orca would later be named, was living the life of any young whale’s dreams, leaping in ...

Posted July 24, 2021 in News

Orca Skyla Dies at Loro Parque Zoo

Following the death of the orca Skyla, Loro Parque Zoo offered a very brief statement on the necropsy. Here are ...

Posted March 22, 2021 in News

“What I Wish I Could Ask a Whale”

Senator Daniel Christmas of Nova Scotia, Canada, joins Dr. Lori Marino, President of the Whale Sanctuary Project, for this conversation ...

Posted March 4, 2021 in News

Keiko the Orca’s Legacy

Several of us on the Whale Sanctuary team today worked together 20 years ago to return to the ocean the ...

Posted December 17, 2020 in News

A Deep Dive into Environmental Analysis

At the sanctuary site: ADCPs? Multibeam Sonar? Benthic Surveys? Water and Sediment Sampling? Hydrophones and Underwater Microphones? What's it all ...

Posted October 23, 2020 in News

A New Calf for the Southern Resident Orcas

Tahlequah (J-35), a member of the endangered Southern Resident orca population, has given birth to a healthy-looking calf, Two years ...

Posted September 7, 2020 in News

Another First for Captive Whales and Dolphins

Little Grey and Little White, two beluga whales who had spent eight years on display at an entertainment park in ...

Posted August 10, 2020 in News

Reintroducing Keiko to the Wild – the “Free Willy” Whale

Two members of Keiko’s team talk about what it was like bringing him to Iceland on a giant cargo plane ...

Posted August 2, 2020 in News

“Please Don’t Interact with Curious Beluga Whales in the Ocean!”

A few of the beluga whales who had been captured illegally from Russian waters and were returned to the ocean ...

Posted July 29, 2020 in News