The Whale Sanctuary Blog Archives
2024

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

Dr. Jane Goodall Presses for Orcas in France to Be Retired to Sanctuary in Nova Scotia

In a letter to the French Government, Dr. Jane Goodall has strongly endorsed the Whale Sanctuary Project's proposal for the ...

Posted March 31, 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

Bringing Wikie, Keijo & Inouk to Sanctuary

In response to the urgent need of three orcas held in Marineland Antibes, a French marine entertainment park, the Whale ...

Posted March 27, 2024 in News

Of Mice and Orcas

A recent video of Kiska the orca at Marineland Canada shows her slapping the side of her body against the ...

Posted September 27, 2021 in News, Opinion

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

World Aquatic Animal Day – Special Event

At this special event from the Lewis & Clark Center for Animal Law, Dr. Lori Marino will talk about The ...

Posted March 29, 2021 in

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

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

How I Fell in Love with the Cetacean Brain!

What we’ve discovered about cetacean brains in recent decades has rewritten our understanding of how complex intelligence evolves. Every year, ...

Posted August 21, 2020 in