From wave washing seals off Antarctic ice to snatching sea lions from the shoreline, killer whales are renowned for their effective hunting techniques. Now, killer whales have been filmed practising a new technique to hunt the largest animal to have ever lived: blue whales. In footage narrated by David Attenborough for the BBC TV series […]
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Petition: Ban Marine Mammal Captivity in the U.S. Now
The people of Mexico have made it clear: they want to protect marine mammals‘ rights and end all forms of exploitation for human entertainment! That’s why Mexico’s lawmakers just passed an incredible landmark piece of legislation that will ban the use of any marine mammals – including but not limited to dolphins, killer whales, and […]
Two Sailors Survive A Pod Of Killer Whales Ramming Their Yacht In Coordinated Attack
Two sailors are lucky to be alive after a pod of killer whales rammed repeatedly into their yacht. The terrifying incident happened off the coast of Spain. The creatures coordinated their attack against the yacht. Fortunately, both were rescued from their French yacht on July 21. According to The Sydney Morning, the killer whales pod […]
Final dolphins ‘left for dead’ in abandoned marine park rescued after five others died
After being left in unconscionable states of captivity, four dolphins of Gulf World Marine Park have been saved by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). This overdue rescue occurred on the morning of 4 June following a video released by the animal rights group TideBreakers, which caught the bottlenose beauties’ rapidly decaying enclosure […]
Trump pulls US from plan to recover salmon population, calling it ‘radical’
Donald Trump has pulled the US federal government from a historic agreement to recover the salmon population in the Pacific north-west, calling the plan “radical environmentalism”. A presidential memorandum issued by Trump on Thursday removes the US from a deal brokered by Joe Biden with Washington, Oregon and four Native American tribes to work to […]
Whales and Dolphins Abandoned in France Are Still Waiting for Rescue
Two killer whales and 12 dolphins are still trapped inside the closed Marineland Antibes park in France, four months after it shut its doors. According to People, the animals remain in decaying tanks filled with algae as legal and logistical wrangling stalls their relocation. The orcas—Wikie and her son Keijo—were born in captivity and are […]
Killer whale becomes mom for first time. See her ‘little pumpkin’ swim off Washington
A killer whale has become a first-time mom after a peachy-orange calf was spotted swimming with her off Washington, a whale watching group said. The baby orca was discovered March 20 in the Salish Sea between Port Townsend and the San Juan Islands, the Pacific Whale Watch Association said in a March 25 news release. […]
Killer whales amaze Seattle onlookers with rarely seen bird hunt
A pod of orcas swam close to shore and amazed onlookers in Seattle by treating the whale watchers to the rare sight of the apex predators hunting a bird. The pod of Bigg’s killer whales visited Elliott Bay and were seemingly on a hunt underwater just off Seattle’s maritime industrial docks. The pod exited the […]