Dear Friends of Lolita,
Please tell USDA & APHIS to enforce the Animal Welfare Act! Beyond allowing Miami Seaquarium to house orca Lolita in an undersized, illegal tank, MSQ has no plan to protect their marine mammals when the gulf oil spill contaminates their waters in August. The USDA & APHIS are doing nothing about it!
We [...]
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Taima, a 20 year old killer whale, died while giving birth Sunday, June 6, in the afternoon at Sea World Orlando, Florida. She was impregnated by Tilikum, the same orca who killed trainer Dawn Brancheau in February 2010. Taima and her calf did not survive the birth. (The calf was a stillbirth) Sea World’s “Shamu [...]
Congratulations to everyone who has worked so hard on saving dolphins from the brutal annual slaughter in Japan! THE COVE was awarded an Oscar tonight, March 7, 2010!
Please consider buying or renting this fantastic documentary (available on iTunes, Netflix, and Amazon.com) to see for yourself the cruelty surrounding the hunt of 23,000 dolphins per year [...]
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Japan has a new Minister of State for Consumer Affairs and Food Safety, Ms. Mizuho Fukushima. At a press conference held in Tokyo, Ms. Fukushima agreed to investigate the mercury issue. This gives us hope that the Japanese public will finally be told the truth about the poisonous dolphin meat, and that the meat will [...]
The premier of “The Cove” will happen in cities around the United States on Friday August 7th. “The Cove” is an eye opening documentary about former “Flipper” trainer Ric O’Barry turned activist exposing the dolphin drive fisheries/slaughters that happen in Taiji, Japan every year. It shows how over 23,000 dolphins are killed from these barbaric [...]
The Legacy of Flipper
Ric O’Barry trained TV’s most famous dolphin. In a new film, he atones for that sin
The idea that “each man kills the thing he loves” has been interpreted by many—from Oscar Wilde to Paulo Coelho—but it’s always had a particular resonance in the environmental movement, where every hiking trail and ecofriendly resort [...]
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This is a great article on Ric O’Barry, former dolphin trainer at Miami Seaquarium turned activist. This article will show you have captive marine mammal facilities foster brutal dolphin drive fisheries across the globe. O’Barry speaks of many issues including the brutality of the captures, the captive industries involvement, and the mercury contamination of the [...]
For some reason Lolita has chipped teeth in the front now, it was not like that Sunday May 2nd. I asked a trainer why that happened so quickly and the response was that she is getting old. I have a feeling it may be an infection though. For the last month and a half every [...]
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From Orca Network Lolita Update #107
Four Pacific white-sided dolphins now in the tank with Lolita, and two more could be on the way to join the crowd. The tank is only 35 feet by 80 feet by 20 feet deep, with a medical pool behind the platform that is only 12 feet deep.
Here’s the first person [...]
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The Humane Society of the United States has taken an active stand against marine mammals in captivity, now we must get them to use their power to fight for Lolita’s retirement. Please take a couple minutes to send them a comment on the contact us page, featuring marine mammals at http://www.hsus.org/contact_us/marine_mammals.html and read the page they [...]