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Burgeo Entertaining Possibility of Transferring Marineland’s Belugas to South Coast The Mayor of Burgeo is offering up the possibility of transferring 30 beluga whales from Marineland in Niagara...

Will #Marineland’s whales find sanctuary in Burgeo, Newfoundland & Labrador? 🐋 The town’s mayor says with a Marine Protected Area in development off the south coast, Burgeo could be the best place for the whales Marineland has threatened to kill.

📣 TOMORROW: Bring your signs & voice to Marineland for a protest! It can NOT be allowed to kill 30 belugas ❌🐋

📍 Marineland: 7657 Portage Rd, Niagara Falls
🕞 3:30–6:30 PM
✊ Hosted by Toronto animal advocates
⬇️ RSVP

T036A’s and T065B’s Munching on Seals! Read the full story here: buff.ly/NLcyhDb
Photo by Gary
This is an encounter from 2016
#WhaleTales #biggs

Marine park threatens to euthanize 30 whales if Canada does not provide funding Marineland’s warning comes after Canadian official blocked the transfer of the beluga whales to a theme park in China

After decades of profiting from cruelty, Marineland is threatening to kill its 30 remaining whales 💔 It's time for Ontario to step in to protect the whales & send Marineland the bill!

@camillelabchuk.bsky.social: “Marineland has a moral obligation to fund the future care of these animals.” ⬇️

Urgent campaign poster from Animal Justice featuring a close-up image of a white beluga whale, urging action against Marineland's threats to kill their beluga whales.

🚨 Marineland is threatening to KILL 30 beluga whales unless the gov’t gives them money or allows the whales to be shipped to a subpar aquarium in China.

This is extortion. The Ontario & federal governments must step in now & protect the whales 👉 http://bit.ly/3IxNfME

YouTube video by KGW News Chinook salmon seen passing upper Klamath River dam for the first time since lower dams removed

Chinook salmon seen passing upper Klamath River dam for the first time since lower dams removed youtu.be/MW5Uf-0IamU?... via @YouTube

BREAKING: We did it! 🎉 Thanks to your advocacy, the government DENIED #Marineland’s permit application to send 30 surviving belugas to a Chinese theme park, where they could have endured a dangerous journey only to suffer & be bred in another tank.

Send the whales to sanctuaries 🐋👉 bit.ly/4ojLgL9

Whales & Dolphins Are Suffering at Marineland - Take Action! Tell the Canadian government to send Marineland's surviving whales & dolphins to sanctuaries!

If something isn't done to help the 30 belugas held at Marineland, they are threatening to EUTHANIZE them all!

PLS SIGN: #Canada Send Marineland Whales to Sanctuary
v @animal-justice.bsky.social
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🆘 @mark-carney.bsky.social
These belugas need #WhaleSanctuary

YouTube video by VITA TV A Vitan Meditation : Whale Meditation

Whale Meditation for Vitans by Vita Sapien
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YouTube video by CP24 Marineland ‘profoundly disappointed’ in federal government’s decision on whale export to China

Ottawa shuts down #Marineland’s request to ship the theme park’s last remaining beluga whales to China
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✅ Belugas thrive in oceans
#China #CaptivityIsCruelty

Jane Goodall, the influential primatologist who changed how people see chimpanzees and themselves, died Wednesday at the age of 91.

She died of natural causes while she was in California on a speaking tour, the Jane Goodall Institute said in a statement on social media.

(Photo: Apic/Getty Images)

An image of Jane Goodall and a chimpanzee, from 1965. Photo courtesy CBS Photo Archive / Getty.

The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS

Marineland asks federal government for permission to export remaining belugas | CBC News A federal government official has confirmed with CBC News that the now-closed Ontario theme park Marineland has filed paperwork seeking to export its remaining 30 belugas, and a Chinese theme park say...

It’s disturbing that #Marineland wants export permits to ship 30 surviving belugas to a theme park in China! Transport is stressful & dangerous—plus they could be bred or forced to perform in shows, which has been banned in Canada ⚠️🐳 #CdnPoli

🐳 BREAKING: #Marineland has applied to export all of its remaining belugas to a theme park in China—where there are NO animal protection laws. The belugas could be bred or used in shows, which are ILLEGAL under Canadian law. Take action! ➡️ bit.ly/4nhHEsC #CdnPoli

The Curious Case of 'Old Thom,' an Orca Traveling Alone in the North Atlantic Sightings of the marine mammal captivate the public and baffle scientists

The Curious Case of 'Old Thom,' an Orca Traveling Alone in the North Atlantic
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“The orca’s seemingly solitary, docile existence has perplexed scientists from coast to coast who long ago deemed killer whales to be highly social beings.”

Watch: Endangered orca pod makes rare visit to Tacoma area with newborn calf
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T137 Bigg's orcas going under Deception Pass Bridge 9/10.

#orcas #killerwhales #wildlifephotography #photography #PNW #deceptionpass

Orcas are ramming boats again and scientists now think it’s a game — National Geographic Experts say the whales seem to learn to play with boats from a young age.

Orcas are ramming boats again and scientists now think it’s a game
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Experts say the whales seem to learn to play with boats from a young age. "Believe me: if they wanted to sink the boats, they'd be sinking the boat."
#Iberian #orcas

T65A5 Indy and T75B3 Rubble in San Juan Channel on 9/20

T65A5 Indy in solo pursuit of a harbor seal in President Channel on 9/21

The T75Bs and T137s in Spieden Channel on 9/21

The T75Bs in New Channel on 9/21 - it was much easier to see the blows than the whales! Did you even notice there are two dorsal fins in this photo?

Over this past weekend, we saw more than 50 different individual orcas from three different populations, all within the central Salish Sea!

We have so much to share, we will have to take it in pieces. For starters, here's our weekend's "Bigg's Backlit Blows" series 🤩

#whalesky #killerwhales

A young pod of orcas displaying play behaviour topple and sink boat of the coast of Portugal 🐋⛵

#whales #orcas #oceans #nature

A Giant Tidal Turbine Will Doom Endangered Orcas

Stop a loud turbine from being put in the critical habitat of #endangered #KillerWhales! #orcas

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Made a very special trip up to Howe Sound to visit with the Northern Resident Killer Whales. We saw the A25s and A42s. The large male is A61 Surge! :)
#orcas #Vancouver #Killerwhales #NorthernResdidents #NaturePhotography #Whales

ORCAS!!! A few clips of the '65s' Northern Isles community Orcas - including 'Busta' the huge adult bull - hunting close inshore here in Shetland this summer. Enjoying life as nature intended - in the ocean and not in a swimming pool.

#MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife

Orcas are ramming boats again and scientists now think it’s a game — National Geographic Experts say the whales seem to learn to play with boats from a young age.

Orcas are ramming boats again and scientists now think it’s a game
apple.news/AJoqKJSujSNm...
Experts say the whales seem to learn to play with boats from a young age. "Believe me: if they wanted to sink the boats, they'd be sinking the boat."
#Iberian #orcas

#Vaquita porpoise survey team effort includes
🎙️🌊 Hydrophones checked daily for underwater presence
🎮🔭 Drones & hi power binox for surfacing animals
17 members of the Vaquita Marina Community Observer Group from San Felipe with support of Pronatura Noroeste, CEDO & CONANP

BREAKING: The federal government has rejected BP's proposed ultra-deepwater oil drilling project, Kaskida. BP must address serious flaws in proposal for ultra-deepwater drilling project before it can move forward.​

Bluefin tuna are miraculously returning to UK shores – only to be tormented for ‘sport’ | George Monbiot A tournament in Cornwall will pit anglers against these magnificent creatures, as part of a rising trend for so-called ‘sportfishing’, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

I wonder how many cyclists are happy about Shimano sponsoring this horror.
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Bluefin tuna are miraculously returning to UK shores – only to be tormented for ‘sport’ | George Monbiot A tournament in Cornwall will pit anglers against these magnificent creatures, as part of a rising trend for so-called ‘sportfishing’, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

1. Out of curiosity, I went through the feeds of some habitual tuna tormentors. I found they’re big on:
- fox hunting
- Reform UK
- antagonism to asylum seekers.
In other words, the same few antisocial (psychopathic?) men, turning up in all the bad places.
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Sailors Warned Not to Leave Harbors Due to Orca Attacks in Shallow Waters

Sailors Warned Not To Leave Harbors Due to Orca Attacks in Shallow Waters www.theinertia.com/news/orca-at...
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Strait of Gibraltar orcas

Trainers at marine zoo take extreme measures to stop killer whale from mating with his mother: ‘Perverse new low’ The French government and animal-rights groups have yet to agree where orcas Wikie, 24 and Keijo, 11 should be moved, leaving the aquatic mammals in limbo, the BBC said.

Trainers at Marineland Antibes take extreme measures to stop killer whale from mating with his mother: ‘Perverse new low’
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*speculation Japan may be looking to purchase Keijo’s semen for artificial insemination, which Marineland denied, noting sale of semen is prohibited