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Southern Resident whales

Ambitious plan to free captive orca Lolita announced

The new owner of the Miami Seaquarium in the US has announced that it is...

Trade sanctions announced after Mexico fails to protect near extinct porpoise

The international body behind the treaty that protects endangered plants and animals from the threats...

WDC exposes failure of Government scheme to protect whales and dolphins from net deaths

Following our investigations, we have revealed that a UK Government scheme to protect whales and...

First cases of bird flu in dolphins discovered in the UK

The UK Government has announced that two dolphins and a harbour porpoise have died from...

Peru – Huge Number Of Dolphins Found Dead

WDCS understands that up to 615 dolphins (species not determined yet) have been found dead on 135 kilometres of beach north of San Jose, Peru. Tissue samples have been obtained and will be analysed to try to determine why some many dolphins have died.

Watch WDCS biologist, Sue Rocca, discussing the story on CNN.