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New government marine wildlife code to help reduce dolphin disturbance

The launch today by UK Government of new guidance on how to act responsibly around...

UK government to extend ivory ban to stop the sale of orca teeth

Following the UK ban on the import, export and dealing of elephant ivory in 2022,...

Dead whale beauty products to be sold in Japanese vending machine stores

Antarctic minke whale alongside Japanese whaling ship. Photo © Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert Japanese whale hunting company,...

Arrests made following illegal whale meat smuggling from Japan to South Korea

Customs authorities in Busan, South Korea, have arrested six people for allegedly smuggling at least...

A series of investigative articles published in Canadian newspaper, The Star, detail the suffering of marine mammals at the Ontario-based theme park.  

More recently, a male orca, Ike, was transferred back to SeaWorld in San Diego after concerns for his health were issued, leaving a sole orca, Kiska, isolated in these poor conditions.

Among the littany of abuses cited include poor water quality that has led to blindness and skin lesions, death of a baby beluga through improper care and intervention, and shortage of adequate staff to care for the marine mammals housed there.