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SUMMARY:World Aquatic Animal Day - Special Event
DESCRIPTION:At this special event from the Lewis & Clark Center for Animal Law\, Dr. Lori Marino will talk about The Whale Sanctuary Project – Creating A New Future for Captive Cetaceans. \nDr. Marino will discuss the growing evidence for poor health and well-being in captive cetaceans and why she founded the Whale Sanctuary Project as an alternative to concrete tanks in entertainment parks. \nShe will also explain the difference between an authentic sanctuary and places that just call themselves sanctuaries. \nAnd then she’ll talk about the beluga and orca sanctuary being created in Nova Scotia and why cetacean sanctuaries are the way of the future. \nRegister here. And you can learn more about the event here.
URL:https://whalesanctuaryproject.org/event/world-aquatic-animal-day-special-event/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210302T150000
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SUMMARY:"What I Wish I Could Ask a Whale"
DESCRIPTION:“In my aboriginal upbringing\, we were always taught that animals are our brothers and sisters. They are living beings like us. They have their own spirits\, they have their own families\, they have their own language. And when I think of it that way\, I see cetaceans as [our] equals.” \n \nThat’s the perspective that Senator Daniel Christmas brought to the Canadian Senate in June 2018 as members were preparing to vote on Senate Bill S-203: The Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act. \nDr. Lori Marino\, President of the Whale Sanctuary Project\, had testified at the Senate committee hearings\, and Senator Christmas has since become an enthusiastic supporter of the sanctuary. \nIn the upcoming webinar\, the Senator joins Lori for a conversation about the whale sanctuary and how it will affect captive whales\, and also about how whales feature in the Senator’s aboriginal Mi’kmaq culture. Her questions include: \n\nIn your speech to the Canadian Senate you said you wished it had been possible to hear directly from a beluga whale. What would you have liked to ask them?\nMi’kmaq culture includes the concept that whales are our equals and that a human can “become” a whale or another animal\, and vice versa. In what sense is that the case?\nOne of the Mi’kmaq cultural heroes has a close relationship with a spirit whale who carries him across the ocean. What is their relationship and what is its significance?\n\nRegister for the webinar here.\nBring your questions\, too\, or send them in advance by email.\nAnd then join us on Tuesday\, March 2nd at 3:00 pm EDT.
URL:https://whalesanctuaryproject.org/event/what-i-wish-i-could-ask-a-whale/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210130T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210130T150000
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SUMMARY:The Science of Whales - American Cetacean Society Conference
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Lori Marino will be speaking on the topic of “The Whale Sanctuary Project: Scholar Advocacy in Action at the conference of the American Cetacean Society.” \nThe topic of the conference is “SCIENCE OF WHALES: Understanding the History – Informing Conservation Today.” \nThe American Cetacean Society brings education\, current research\, and critical conservation issues to people who care about cetaceans and the habitats on which they depend. Its National Student Coalition hosts monthly speakers\, provides volunteer opportunities\, and conducts citizen science projects to benefit cetacean education\, conservation and research. \nDr. Marino will talk about the work of the Whale Sanctuary Project in the context of scholar advocacy – how we can transform our relationships with nonhuman animals from exploitation to respect by combining academic scholarship with animal advocacy. \nMany students are still taught that science and advocacy are two separate paths and that a scientist cannot also be an advocate. Along with many other scientists\, Dr. Marino argues that effective advocacy has to be based in science and that scientists have a duty to bring their knowledge to bear on the critically important social issues of our time. \nRegister for the conference here.\nThe conference is on Saturday January 30th.\nAll times are Pacific Standard Time.\nDr. Marino’s address is scheduled at 2:00 pm PT\nFor those wishing to attend the full conference\, it begins with opening remarks at 9:30 am PT. \nHere is the schedule. (Once again\, all times are Pacific Standard Time.)
URL:https://whalesanctuaryproject.org/event/the-science-of-whales-american-cetacean-society-conference/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201217T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201217T163000
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SUMMARY:Keiko’s Legacy
DESCRIPTION:How the “Free Willy” whale inspires North America’s first whale sanctuary\nRegister for the webinar here. \nWhat is Keiko the orca’s legacy? \nKeiko\, you will recall\, had been captured in 1979 and taken from his family in the Icelandic ocean to Marineland Canada and was then sold to an amusement park in Mexico City where he was housed in a small\, shallow tank\, insufficient for an adult male orca to thrive. \nIn 1992\, Warner Brothers began filming Keiko for his part in a movie that would tell the story of Jesse\, a foster boy who befriends a captive orca named Willy and helps him escape back to the ocean. \nThe film became a major box office success\, spawning three sequels\, a television series and a video game. \nUnlike the character he was playing\, however\, Keiko himself didn’t get to leave the tank in which he was being housed at the amusement park. (His “stunt double” in the action sequences was an animatronic model.) \nHowever\, that was not the end of the story. After seeing the movies\, tens of thousands of children wrote letters pleading for the return of the real-life whale to the ocean. \nAs a result of this passionate outcry\, Keiko was indeed rescued\, and in 1996 he was brought to a specially built large pool in Oregon\, where he was treated for multiple health conditions. Two years later\, he was flown to a bay on an island off the coast of Iceland\, where he spent four years going on ocean “walks”\, learning to catch his own fish\, and introducing himself to wild orcas\, all with full-time care while preparing for a life in the open ocean. \nSeveral of us on the Whale Sanctuary team today worked together 20 years ago as part of that amazing project. Indeed\, it was led by Charles Vinick\, who is today Executive Director of the Whale Sanctuary Project. It was an invaluable and rewarding experience\, and one that informs much of our work today. \nSo\, what is Keiko’s legacy? Join Charles in an inspiring discussion about Keiko’s reintroduction to the wild and how our sanctuary in Nova Scotia will give other captive whales a chance to get “back to nature.” \nRegister for the webinar here.\nBring your questions or send them in advance by email.\nAnd then join us on Thursday\, December 17th at 3:30 pm ET\, 6:30 pm PT.
URL:https://whalesanctuaryproject.org/event/keikos-legacy/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201119T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201119T163000
DTSTAMP:20201111T190116Z
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SUMMARY:Chimpanzees and Dolphins: From Research Subjects to Legal Persons
DESCRIPTION:Mary Lee Jensvold\, PhD\, Primate Communication Scientist and Associate Director\, Fauna Foundation \nLori Marino\, PhD\, Neuroscientist\, President of the Whale Sanctuary Project and of The Kimmela Center for Animal Advocacy. \nChimpanzees and dolphins have been used extensively in research. Ironically for chimpanzees\, it’s because of their close genetic relationship with humans\, and for dolphins it’s because of their seemingly divergent relationship from humans. \nChimpanzees are used in invasive biomedical research as well as cognitive-behavioral studies. Captive dolphins are used primarily in cognition studies. \nDrs. Marino and Jensvold have spent many years as researchers studying these large-brained\, highly social and self-aware mammals. Each of them\, independently\, became scholar-advocates for their research subjects. Each of them used their scientific skills\, expertise and experience to advocate for the protection\, welfare and rights of their subjects. Both of them have come to the conclusion that these animals do not belong in captivity and that since they don’t have the survival skills to enable them to be returned to the wild\, sanctuaries are the only ethical and practical way to give back what has been taken from them. \nIn this webinar Dr. Jensvold and Dr. Marino explore the parallel paths they have taken and discuss such topics as: \n\nHow each of them became a scholar-advocate for the animals they study;\nWhat life is like for chimpanzees and dolphins in captive research;\nHow certain chimpanzees and dolphins made a deep\, personal impression on each of them;\nTheir work to have these animals recognized as legal persons with certain fundamental rights;\nWhy sanctuaries are the ethical alternative to cages and tanks.\n\nRegister for the webinar here.\nBring your questions or send them in advance by email.\nAnd then join us on Thursday\, November 19th at 3:30 pm EDT.
URL:https://whalesanctuaryproject.org/event/chimpanzees-and-dolphins-from-research-subjects-to-legal-persons/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201029T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201029T163000
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SUMMARY:A Deep Dive at the Sanctuary Site
DESCRIPTION:Register for the webinar here. \nWhat’s multibeam sonar? How about an ADCP? Or a benthic survey? Water and sediment sampling (OK\, that’s an easy one!) Spend an hour with Charles and Amanda and you’ll know what the Whale Sanctuary team has been doing in the bay at Port Hilford. (You’ll even sound like an expert\, too!) \nTo ensure that the sanctuary can provide the quality of life that the whales deserve\, we need to know as much as possible about the bay\, the freshwater inlets and ponds nearby\, and of the lands surrounding the bay. \nSome of the things we have to understand are: \n\nthe ranges of water temperature;\nwhether there is runoff from the shore during storms and if it contains any detrimental pollution;\ndetails about currents\, tides and wave action and how these change during storms;\nwhether there are any underwater sounds that might disturb or alter whale behavior;\nand what other kinds of animals live in and around the bay.\n\nIn this webinar\, we’ll take you through some of the equipment the team has been using to gather all of this vital information. \nRegister for the webinar here.\nBring your questions or send them in advance by email.\nAnd then join us on Thursday\, October 29th at 3:30 pm EDT.
URL:https://whalesanctuaryproject.org/event/a-deep-dive-at-the-sanctuary-site/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200924T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200924T163000
DTSTAMP:20200921T174309Z
CREATED:20200916T202226Z
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SUMMARY:Sanctuaries: A Global Movement for Urgent Times
DESCRIPTION:Sanctuaries have always represented the compassionate response to the harms of zoos and circuses. There are permanent sanctuaries for elephants\, primates\, bears\, big cats\, and many others. \nAnd now sanctuaries for cetaceans (dolphins\, whales and porpoises) are joining the movement and becoming the clear alternative to life in the concrete tanks of marine entertainment parks. \nIn this webinar we explore the growing global movement of wildlife sanctuaries with representatives from three taxa: elephants\, great apes and cetaceans. \nParticipants: \n\nLori Marino (host) – President\, the Whale Sanctuary Project \nCatherine Doyle – Director of Science\, Research and Advocacy\, Performing Animal Welfare Society\nMary Lee Jensvold – Primate Communication Scientist and Associate Director\, Fauna Foundation.\n\nTopics they will discuss include: \n\nWhy large\, highly social mammals cannot flourish in zoos and marine parks;\nSanctuaries as places of restoration and restitution;\nThe need for wildlife sanctuaries now more than ever;\nHow authentic sanctuaries can be distinguished from zoos and marine parks\, and why it is important to do so;\nSimilarities and differences among sanctuaries for elephants\, great apes and cetaceans;\nHow the sanctuary and zoo/marine park communities can work together for a better future for wild animals\, and how we can help each other to succeed.\n\nRegister for the webinar here.\nBring your questions or send them in advance by email.\nAnd then join us on Thursday\, September 24th at 3:30 pm EDT\, 12.30 pm PDT.
URL:https://whalesanctuaryproject.org/event/sanctuaries-a-global-movement-for-urgent-times/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200910T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200910T163000
DTSTAMP:20200904T153001Z
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SUMMARY:Dolphin Dialogues: A Conversation with Dr. Denise Herzing
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a conversation between pioneering dolphin researcher Dr. Denise Herzing and Whale Sanctuary Project President Dr. Lori Marino as they explore the world of dolphin societies\, communication and personhood. \nThey’ll talk about Denise’s decades-long work with a society of free-ranging dolphins\, what it means to observe dolphin etiquette (!)\, and her ground-breaking studies using machine learning and artificial intelligence to understand dolphin communication. And they’ll explore the question of how close we are to really “decoding” dolphin dialogues. \nFinally\, they’ll discuss whether dolphins have the degree of advanced cognition and autonomy to be recognized as “persons” with certain fundamental legal rights. \nDr. Denise Herzing is Founder and Research Director of the Wild Dolphin Project\, a 32-year study of the Atlantic spotted dolphins inhabiting Bahamian waters. \nJoin us for this deep dive with one of the leading dolphin field researchers in the world. \nRegister for the webinar here.\nBring your questions or send them in advance by email.\nAnd then join us on Thursday\, September 10th at 3:30 pm EDT.
URL:https://whalesanctuaryproject.org/event/dolphin-dialogues-a-conversation-with-dr-denise-herzing/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200903T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200903T213000
DTSTAMP:20200902T145431Z
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SUMMARY:How Our Short Film ”Whales Without Walls” Is Making Waves on the Film Festival Circuit
DESCRIPTION:Whales Without Walls was intended to be a brief intro to the work of the Whale Sanctuary Project. But it turned out to be a compelling short film that could be submitted to film festivals to reach an even wider audience with our mission. \nIn January of this year\, the film premiered at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival and has since gone on to make waves on the film festival circuit\, highlighting the pressing need for seaside sanctuaries as an alternative to captivity for these intelligent\, socially complex animals who can never thrive in concrete tanks at marine entertainment parks. \nSince its premiere\, the film has gone on to win awards and official selection status at six other film festivals \nThis Thursday\, September 3rd\, as part of their online series “Film Talk\,” the Santa Barbara International Film Festival will feature Charles Vinick\, Executive Director of the Whale Sanctuary Project\, for a discussion about Whales Without Walls and our progress in the creation of the sanctuary itself. \nA Q&A period will follow the discussion. \nThursday\, September 3rd at 9:00pm ET\, 6:00pm PT.\nPlease register at https://sbiff.org/filmtalk/ to attend.
URL:https://whalesanctuaryproject.org/event/how-our-short-film-whales-without-walls-is-making-waves-on-the-film-festival-circuit/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200827T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200827T163000
DTSTAMP:20200822T132745Z
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SUMMARY:How I Fell in Love with the Cetacean Brain!
DESCRIPTION:We all know that dolphins and whales (cetaceans) are highly intelligent\, but what we’ve discovered about cetacean brains in recent decades has rewritten our understanding of how complex intelligence evolves. \nOver 95 million years ago\, a humble small-brained ancestor of both humans and cetaceans began to evolve in separate directions. Over the tens of millions of years that followed\, two different kinds of large complex brain emerged – each of them among the most sophisticated on the planet. \nDr. Lori Marino\, President of the Whale Sanctuary Project\, has been studying cetacean brains for more than 30 years. And every year\, we’ve been learning more and more amazing things about them. \n“Five years ago\,” she says\, “when we used a special imaging technique to study the brain of a dolphin (who had died naturally)\, we were astonished by what we learned.” What she and her colleagues had discovered is that while we humans and most other animals have a single pathway from the inner ear up to the first ‘stopover’ for auditory information coming into the brain\, it turns out that dolphins have two! \nWhat does this mean? Could it mean that they process echolocation echoes in one region of the brain and whistles and other sounds in an altogether region? “We’re still trying to understand how these two kinds of sound information come together.” \nIt’s just one of the endlessly fascinating questions Dr. Marino will be exploring with us in the upcoming seminar “How I Fell in Love with Cetacean Brains.” \nBut be careful: you may fall in love\, too! \nRegister for the webinar here.\nBring your questions or send them in advance by email.\nAnd then join us on Thursday\, August 27th at 3:30 pm EDT.
URL:https://whalesanctuaryproject.org/event/how-i-fell-in-love-with-cetacean-brain/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200820T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200820T163000
DTSTAMP:20200813T233641Z
CREATED:20200813T233401Z
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SUMMARY:Jean-Michel Cousteau and Charles Vinick – a Conversation
DESCRIPTION:For over five decades Jean-Michel Cousteau – explorer\, environmentalist\, educator and film producer – has dedicated himself and his vast experience to communicate to people of all nations and generations his love and concern for our water planet and all its inhabitants.   \nIn this special webinar event Jean-Michel Cousteau and Whale Sanctuary Project Executive Director Charles Vinick will discuss their 40 years of collaboration\, ocean advocacy\, and the protection of whales. They will also talk about what became the biggest whale rescue in history: the return of 97 whales to the ocean after they had been illegally captured in Russia for sale to marine parks. \nJean-Michel\, founder and President of Ocean Futures Society\, is a voice for the ocean and an esteemed advisor for the Whale Sanctuary Project. \nRegister for the webinar here.\nBring your questions or send them in advance by email.\nAnd then join us on Thursday\, August 20th at 3:30 pm EDT.
URL:https://whalesanctuaryproject.org/event/jean-michel-cousteau-and-charles-vinick-a-conversation/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200813T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200813T163000
DTSTAMP:20200806T152129Z
CREATED:20200805T211255Z
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SUMMARY:Beluga Babble: A Conversation with Dr. Valeria Vergara
DESCRIPTION:Belugas are known for their rich communicative style and the wide variety of sounds they make\, earning them the nickname “canaries of the sea.” \nLori Marino talks with the newest member of the Whale Sanctuary Project team\, Dr. Valeria Vergara\, from Ocean Wise Conservation Association in Vancouver\, about her years-long studies of beluga whale communication. They’ll chat about Valeria’s groundbreaking work on beluga whale mother-calf communication and her findings that beluga calves babble a lot like human babies. \nValeria has also found that belugas possess signature calls that function like individual names. She’ll show us some of her ongoing field research with the belugas of the St. Lawrence Estuary in Canada and how she is trying to understand how sound pollution affects the ability of mothers and calves to stay together in this endangered population. And Lori will ask Valeria about the ways her research might be applied to learning about how captive belugas adapt to a seaside sanctuary. \nJoin us for a fascinating conversation with this leading scientist in beluga whale communication and behavior. \nRegister for the webinar here.\nBring your questions or send them in advance by email.\nAnd then join us on Thursday\, August 13th at 3:30 pm EDT
URL:https://whalesanctuaryproject.org/event/beluga-babble-a-conversation-with-dr-valeria-vergara/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200730T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200730T163000
DTSTAMP:20200724T231349Z
CREATED:20200724T171926Z
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SUMMARY:Reintroducing Keiko to the Wild – the “Free Willy” Whale
DESCRIPTION:Remember Keiko\, the captive whale who became famous from the “Free Willy” films? \nRescued from an entertainment park in Mexico\, Keiko was returned to his native waters of Iceland in 1998. And two members of the Whale Sanctuary Project were key members of Keiko’s team: Jeff Foster\, who was the Director of Field Operations and Research\, and Charles Vinick\, who served as Project Director in Iceland. \nCharles and Jeff will be joining us for a fascinating conversation about what it was like returning the famous whale to his natural habitat\, and how that amazing experience informs their work for the Whale Sanctuary Project. \nRegister for the webinar here.\nBring your questions or send them in advance by email.\nAnd then join us on Thursday\, July 30th at 3:30 pm EDT
URL:https://whalesanctuaryproject.org/event/recalling-keiko-the-free-willy-whale/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200723T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200723T210000
DTSTAMP:20200717T143314Z
CREATED:20200717T140820Z
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SUMMARY:Scholar Advocacy in Marine Mammal Science
DESCRIPTION:Are you a student or young professional studying marine mammals who also wants to advocate for their protection from exploitation? \nStudents are often told that they can either study marine mammals as scientists or they can become advocates for marine mammals\, but they can’t do both. Scientists\, they are told\, have to be purely “objective” about how they relate to the animals they study. \nCertainly\, the scientific method is objective\, but there is no conflict between being scrupulously objective in following the scientific method and then using the results to advocate for change in the world. Indeed\, it takes advocacy based in science to drive the cultural shift that’s taking place in how we relate to nonhuman animals. \nIn this webinar\, five scholar-advocates for marine mammals explore this issue with you and offer advice on how you\, too\, can be a scientist and an effective advocate for marine mammals both free-ranging and captive. \nRegister for the webinar here.\nYou may also send in questions in advance by email.\nAnd then join us on Thursday\, July 23rd at 9:00 pm EDT.
URL:https://whalesanctuaryproject.org/event/scholar-advocacy-in-marine-mammal-science/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200714T210000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200714T220000
DTSTAMP:20200707T171532Z
CREATED:20200706T175118Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200707T171532Z
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SUMMARY:Chronic Stress in Captive Orcas – Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Join Drs. Lori Marino\, Naomi Rose and Veronica Slootsky for a discussion of their findings on the impact of chronic stress in captive orcas. \nPeople often assume that orcas in marine parks have a stress-free life with regular veterinary care\, daily nutrition\, and no outside dangers. But years of accumulated evidence has revealed that these whales live shortened lives characterized by high mortality rates from infections\, abnormal behaviors and emotional dysregulation. \nOur three panelists were part of a unique collaboration of six experts across the fields of marine mammal science\, veterinary science\, internal medicine and psychiatry. Together\, they examined the welfare of orcas living in concrete tanks and concluded that living at marine parks is the very opposite of stress-free. Instead\, they found that captive orcas experience five major sources of chronic stress. \nIn this webinar they will discuss those sources of stress\, explain how chronic stress impacts the brain\, behavior and susceptibility to disease\, and suggest a new sanctuary-based paradigm as an alternative to living in concrete tanks. \nFor more information and background\, check out their study in the Journal of Veterinary Behavior. \nYou can send in your questions to the panelists ahead of time by email.
URL:https://whalesanctuaryproject.org/event/chronic-stress-in-captive-orcas-webinar/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200709T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200709T160000
DTSTAMP:20200702T122713Z
CREATED:20200626T172216Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200702T122713Z
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SUMMARY:Carl Safina on the Culture of Whales and Other Animals
DESCRIPTION:3.30 – 4.00 pm Eastern Time\nLive on Facebook \nA conversation with famed biologist Carl Safina about his new book “Becoming Wild – How Animal Cultures Raise Families\, Create Beauty and Achieve Peace.” \nCarl brings us close to the cultures of three non-human animals: sperm whales\, scarlet macaws and chimpanzees. He offers a glimpse into what they do\, why they do it\, and how life is for them. He shows us how they teach and learn\, and how their cultures are similar to ours in some ways and quite different in other ways. \nCarl’s previous book\, Beyond Words – What Animals Think and Feel took us into the world of orcas\, wolves and elephants and their unique personalities as they experience joy\, grief\, jealousy\, anger\, and love. The similarity between human and nonhuman consciousness\, self-awareness\, and empathy calls us to re-evaluate how we interact with our fellow animals. \nCarl is also a member of the board of the Whale Sanctuary Project\, and in this conversation\, we’ll talk with him about whales and other animals\, about some of his remarkable experiences in the wild\, and about what it all tells us about our own species: humans.
URL:https://whalesanctuaryproject.org/event/carl-safina-on-the-culture-of-whales/
LOCATION:Facebook Live
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200630T143000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200630T153000
DTSTAMP:20200630T175409Z
CREATED:20200625T194825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200630T175409Z
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SUMMARY:Animal Intelligence and the Search for Life Beyond Earth
DESCRIPTION:SORRY\, THIS EVENT IS NOW FULL & CANNOT ACCEPT MORE ATTENDEES.\n2.30 – 3.30 pm Pacific Time \nWhat can animal intelligence tell us about the possibility of intelligent life elsewhere in the universe? And how can the ways we recognize intelligence on our own planet inform how we might interact with extraterrestrial intelligence? \nLori Marino\, President of the Whale Sanctuary Project and a leading expert on the brains of whales and dolphins\, joins a group of astrobiologists to explore how what we know about these animals might give us insight into how intelligent life could evolve in other parts of the cosmos. \nHistorically\, humanity has believed we were the most advanced form of intelligence. Yet research is showing us there are other types of intelligence\, communication systems and even culture. If even bees can count\, what can animals with larger and more complex brains\, such as whales\, teach us? And if intelligence is not unique to humanity\, what are the implications for SETI and astrobiology? \nJoin Nathalie Cabrol\, astrobiologist and Director of the Carl Sagan Center and Lori Marino\, Whale Sanctuary Project founder\, neuroscientist and expert in animal behavior and intelligence for a discussion about how animal intelligence is integral to astrobiology. \nThis special presentation will be moderated by Simon Steel\, Senior Director of Education and STEM Programs at the SETI Institute.
URL:https://whalesanctuaryproject.org/event/animal-intelligence-and-the-search-for-life-beyond-earth/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20200625T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20200625T140000
DTSTAMP:20200626T190920Z
CREATED:20200626T180648Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200626T190920Z
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SUMMARY:Let's Talk about Whale Brains!
DESCRIPTION:What neuroscience teaches us about whale intelligence. Whale Sanctuary Project President Dr. Lori Marino in conversation with Georgina Del Vecho about cognitive complexity\, autonomy and empathy in whales.\nLive on Instagram.
URL:https://whalesanctuaryproject.org/event/lets-talk-about-whale-brains/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20200619T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20200619T140000
DTSTAMP:20200626T190722Z
CREATED:20200626T181120Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200626T190722Z
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SUMMARY:Back to Nature! Creating a Whale Sanctuary in Port Hilford\, Nova Scotia
DESCRIPTION:Charles Vinick\, Executive Director of the Whale Sanctuary Project in conversation with Georgina Del Vecho about the creation of the first whale sanctuary in North America.\nLive on Instagram.
URL:https://whalesanctuaryproject.org/event/back-to-nature-creating-a-whale-sanctuary-in-port-hilford-nova-scotia/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200611T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200611T190000
DTSTAMP:20200625T194845Z
CREATED:20200625T194845Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200625T194845Z
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SUMMARY:"Whales Without Walls" Virtual Screening with Q&A
DESCRIPTION:It’s Oceans Week! Join us with Oceans Week Halifax for a Virtual Screening of our award-winning short film\, “Whales Without Walls”\, followed by a Q&A with Whale Sanctuary founder Dr. Lori Marino and Executive Director Charles Vinick. \nYou can also watch it at any time afterward on the Whale Sanctuary Project page on Facebook.
URL:https://whalesanctuaryproject.org/event/whales-without-walls-virtual-screening-with-qa/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200610T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200610T150000
DTSTAMP:20200625T194912Z
CREATED:20200625T194912Z
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SUMMARY:The Role of Science in Gaining Legal Rights for Captive Whales
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Lori Marino talks with Courtney Fern of the Nonhuman Rights Project about the work she’s doing to help captive cetaceans regain their autonomy\, and about the role science plays in the fight for nonhuman animal rights.
URL:https://whalesanctuaryproject.org/event/the-role-of-science-in-gaining-legal-rights-for-captive-whales/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200605T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200605T173000
DTSTAMP:20200625T232442Z
CREATED:20200625T195007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200625T232442Z
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SUMMARY:Chronic Stress in Captive Orcas
DESCRIPTION:A pre-recorded conversation between Dr. Lori Marino and Andrew Lewin discussing how orcas express their stress and frustration when confined to a concrete tank. Lori also explains how a sanctuary can provide a solution to this chronic dysfunction. The discussion is based on the paper she authored that was recently published in the Journal of Veterinary Behavior: “The Harmful Effects of Captivity and Chronic Stress on the Well-being of Orcas.”
URL:https://whalesanctuaryproject.org/event/chronic-stress-in-captive-orcas/
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