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Common dolphin

WDC takes ‘A Walk in the Park…with Animal Friends’

Longstanding WDC partner Animal Friends returns with season two of their podcast 'A Walk in...
Japanese whaling ship

Infamous whale slaughter ship docks for the final time

The whaling ship, Nisshin Maru has returned to the port of Shimonoseki for the final...
Sperm whale

Dominica announces new protections for sperm whales

Dominica has placed almost 800 square kilometers of sea off the west coast of the...
Porpoise dies after becoming entangled in fishing net

UK government rejects chance to protect whales and dolphins

The government has formally rejected almost all of the crucial recommendations made in a House...

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.