Vancouver Aquarium will no longer keep whales and dolphins in captivity Mid-January, The Vancouver Aquarium announced the end of its captive cetacean programme, saying public debate was hindering its conservation work. Photo by Ed Bierman What a great news! I fulfilled my dream to see wild orcas on Vancouver Island. While there, we were advised to visit the aquarium. I even glimpsed at its tanks with animals swimming in circle while flying over the city in a harbour plane. I…
Captivity has been on the news a lot lately. Anti-SeaWorld protests, death of baby dolphins, new act against captivity, etc. Maybe you haven’t given that issue a lot of thoughts: for or against? There was a time when I didn’t give that matter a lot of thoughts either. A time I would apply for a job working with dolphins in a tank, a time I would secretly dream of becoming the head manager of the orca tank at Marineland. Then,…
We can safly say that these past three months have had their share of intense news. First of all, on the 4th of January, we had to admit to ourselves that the orca Granny, had past away. The oldest matriarchal female, also known as J2, had not been seen since October 2016. Scientists had to admit the sad truth. She was about 105 years old. Something to argue with procaps: yes, orcas can live as long as we do. No,…
First of all, let me apologise for not writing in this blog as often as I used to. I will therefore try to do an article that sums up most of the latest news: Alright, so since the beginning of the year: The albino dolphin, Angel is still being held captive at Taiji Museum. Angel is the first dolphin to spark a lawsuit for dolphins against the government of Taiji. On Angel’s side will be Ric O’Barry’s organizations (Dolphin Project…
Since the creation of this blog, I’ve focused on sharing international facts about captivity. I’ve tried to write about every important subject (captures, Taiji, breeding programmes, trial, etc.) But, I wanted to create this blog to study more seriously the French marine parks. The recent death of the dolphin named Ecume (in English, Sea Foam) at Marineland, Antibes, seemed to me the perfect occasion to get going on that subject. [Foam died on February 26th, after 28 years at Marineland….