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cleithracara: J-2 Granny, female (est. 1911). Granny is believed to be the oldest female in J, K, and L pods. She plays a very active role in the community by acting as a babysitter for many of the young calves. She’s a gorgeous, perfect matriarch for the Southern Resident pods, and has seen more in her life than probably half the world’s wild orcas. If only to talk to her, hear stories…
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J-2 Granny, female (est. 1911). Granny is believed to be the oldest female in J, K, and L pods. She plays a very active role in the community by acting as a babysitter for many of the young calves.

She’s a gorgeous, perfect matriarch for the Southern Resident pods, and has seen more in her life than probably half the world’s wild orcas. If only to talk to her, hear stories…

miss-rhapsody: via PROMAR: The L’Oceanographic marine park in Valencia, Spain, houses 17 bottlenose dolphins, and 2 beluga whales. Now, “Parques Reunidos”, who manage more than 70 parks in Europe, want to boost their chances of staying in charge of the park by bringing one or more orcas (killer whales) from Marineland Antibes, in France. We will update on the situation when we get more information. At the moment PROMAR and other groups are presenting letters to the park managers and other groups involved… In the photo is 2 year-old Moana, the top candidate to be tranferred. If it is done, and he is the only one to be taken, he will be ripped from his mother Wikie and that vital link shall be broken. Stay tuned for more news… click click! By: Marcos the Dolphin   Note: for quite some time now Wikie (Moana’s mom) is rumoured to be pregnant again. Probably via AI. Oh god. =( Get the word out and protest his removal, you guys.
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miss-rhapsody:

via PROMAR:

The L’Oceanographic marine park in Valencia, Spain, houses 17 bottlenose dolphins, and 2 beluga whales. Now, “Parques Reunidos”, who manage more than 70 parks in Europe, want to boost their chances of staying in charge of the park by bringing one or more orcas (killer whales) from Marineland Antibes, in France.

We will update on the situation when we get more information. At the moment PROMAR and other groups are presenting letters to the park managers and other groups involved…

In the photo is 2 year-old Moana, the top candidate to be tranferred. If it is done, and he is the only one to be taken, he will be ripped from his mother Wikie and that vital link shall be broken.

Stay tuned for more news…

click click!
By: Marcos the Dolphin
 
Note: for quite some time now Wikie (Moana’s mom) is rumoured to be pregnant again. Probably via AI.

Oh god. =( Get the word out and protest his removal, you guys.

marinelandanimaldefense: Captivity is about separation and exclusion. It is about the destruction of families and communities. For wild caught animals, many watch their parents and family killed in front of them at a young age so that they won’t be able to put up a fight to defend them from capture. For the animals bred in captivity at Marineland, those parents routinely watch as their offspring suffer and die in infancy. There are no heart warming stories for Mother’s Day at Marineland. There are endless sad stories, but none may be more pressing and sad than that of Kiska. Marineland’s last remaining Orca, Kiska was wild caught from Iceland in the 1980’s. At Marineland, Kiska is the longest serving resident and she has seen dozens of Orcas come and go - and estimated 14 other Orcas die. Of those 14, 5 of them have been her own children. The oldest surviving just 6 years. Since the removal of Ikaika back to SeaWorld she has spent her days alone. Ex-trainers have spoken publicly about their concern for her and Marineland itself have gone on public legal record establishing their concern for the health of their lone Orca held in solitary. Kiska’s story is the story of captivity. She has survived, but at what cost? Her life has been painfully sad, she is alone and completely dependent upon humans - humans who are only interested in her as an “asset.” There is no human need to hold other animals in captivity. There is no human need to gawk at or to turn other animals into mere commodities and spectacles. We will fight to remove Kiska and all of the other animals at Marineland and to ensure no more captives for John Holer! Photo Credit: Natalie Lucier
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marinelandanimaldefense:

Captivity is about separation and exclusion. It is about the destruction of families and communities. For wild caught animals, many watch their parents and family killed in front of them at a young age so that they won’t be able to put up a fight to defend them from capture. For the animals bred in captivity at Marineland, those parents routinely watch as their offspring suffer and die in infancy.

There are no heart warming stories for Mother’s Day at Marineland. There are endless sad stories, but none may be more pressing and sad than that of Kiska. Marineland’s last remaining Orca, Kiska was wild caught from Iceland in the 1980’s. At Marineland, Kiska is the longest serving resident and she has seen dozens of Orcas come and go - and estimated 14 other Orcas die. Of those 14, 5 of them have been her own children. The oldest surviving just 6 years.

Since the removal of Ikaika back to SeaWorld she has spent her days alone. Ex-trainers have spoken publicly about their concern for her and Marineland itself have gone on public legal record establishing their concern for the health of their lone Orca held in solitary.

Kiska’s story is the story of captivity. She has survived, but at what cost? Her life has been painfully sad, she is alone and completely dependent upon humans - humans who are only interested in her as an “asset.”

There is no human need to hold other animals in captivity. There is no human need to gawk at or to turn other animals into mere commodities and spectacles. We will fight to remove Kiska and all of the other animals at Marineland and to ensure no more captives for John Holer!

Photo Credit: Natalie Lucier

Namibian Dolphin Project: A rare and mysterious visitor in Walvis Bay

blackfishsound:

Last Saturday, 04 May 2013, tour boats doing dolphin cruises to Pelican Point saw a strange whale. Several more sightings during the following week seemed to indicate the unlikely fact that a gray whale was visiting Walvis Bay!

Not only is this gray whale in the Atlantic ocean (the Atlantic gray whale was hunted to extinction centuries ago), but it is in the Southern Hemisphere! Not even gray whales in the Pacific venture that far south! Read the article to see their theories as to how it ventured there from the Pacific, as well as images!

Note: Not about blackfish, but I felt it was very important to share this news! Consider it a belated Cetacean Saturday.

blackfishsound: lsnkittie83: stealth-whale: fuckyeahkillerwhales: Image copyright Frans Lanting. Would you look at this! A nice close-up with the perfect lighting to highlight all the rakes that wild orcas just so happen to possess.  They do live in the ocean, could be from seals or any other number of animals, just because they resemble the rake mark captive orcas inflict on each other, it is ignorant to automatically assume that they are from other orcas. Not being rude, just realistic ^^^ Not to mention sea ice. Also, seriously, this is a Type B orca from Antarctica. Not the same as a Type 1 Icelandic orca. Conditions are completely different for the two types, meaning they could be rake marks from seals (hello, Type Bs feed on weddell and crabeater seals - they have sharp teeth and don’t exactly go down without a fight). Orcas from Iceland primarily feed on herring and other schooling fish. And sea ice is not around. Show us pictures of wild Icelandic orcas with rake marks as bad as Tekoa, and we’ll shut up. Also, people need to get it into their thick skulls that we never said wild orcas don’t get rake marks. That would be one of the dumbest thing anyone could say about wild orcas. We’re saying that Tekoa and a few other individuals are abnormally raked, and Loro Parque/SeaWorld need to buck up and deal with the shit they are putting their orcas through. A responsible facility would.
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blackfishsound:

lsnkittie83:

stealth-whale:

fuckyeahkillerwhales:

Image copyright Frans Lanting.

Would you look at this! A nice close-up with the perfect lighting to highlight all the rakes that wild orcas just so happen to possess. 

They do live in the ocean, could be from seals or any other number of animals, just because they resemble the rake mark captive orcas inflict on each other, it is ignorant to automatically assume that they are from other orcas. Not being rude, just realistic

^^^

Not to mention sea ice. Also, seriously, this is a Type B orca from Antarctica. Not the same as a Type 1 Icelandic orca. Conditions are completely different for the two types, meaning they could be rake marks from seals (hello, Type Bs feed on weddell and crabeater seals - they have sharp teeth and don’t exactly go down without a fight). Orcas from Iceland primarily feed on herring and other schooling fish. And sea ice is not around. Show us pictures of wild Icelandic orcas with rake marks as bad as Tekoa, and we’ll shut up.

Also, people need to get it into their thick skulls that we never said wild orcas don’t get rake marks. That would be one of the dumbest thing anyone could say about wild orcas. We’re saying that Tekoa and a few other individuals are abnormally raked, and Loro Parque/SeaWorld need to buck up and deal with the shit they are putting their orcas through. A responsible facility would.

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