The two orcas -- also known as killer whales -- themselves face an ... the 2013 documentary film "Blackfish" denouncing the captivity of cetaceans and the Covid pandemic. - 'Relocate all animals ...

The group behind a plan to build a coastal refuge in Nova Scotia for captive whales says its bid to provide sanctuary for two ...

Orcas (also known as killer whales) are inherently unsuited to being held in captivity, due to their ranging habits, size, longevity, intelligence, sociality, and acoustic needs. Orca sociality is ...

The orca Keiko was taken from the wild as a young whale before spending most of his life in captivity ... Warner Brothers to change things for the killer whale. These pleas led to a rewilding ...

In 2023 the marine biologist published The Killer Whale Journals, which details her decades long interest in the ocean predator and how they behave. "Those whales, that have spent their entire lives ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The killer whale Tokitae, also known as Lolita, may finally be released after more than 50 years in captivity in the world's smallest orca enclosure. Billionaire ...

These regulations ban the use of dolphins and whales in performances, which traditionally accounted for 90% of the park’s visitor revenue ...

Killer whales were the main attraction at the park ... But the planned move of its last two orcas -- both born in captivity -- to Japan is unacceptable, France's Ecology Minister Agnes Pannier ...

"Killer whales are highly social animals ... Keiko, the orca that starred in the 1993 move Free Willy, was rescued from captivity in 1996 before being taken to a bay in Iceland in 1998.

A French marine park on Sunday closed down definitively over a 2021 law banning shows featuring marine mammals, leaving uncertain futures for the two last orcas in captivity in the country ...