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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

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

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Wild-caught orca, Bingo, dies in Japan

Bingo, a male orca who was captured in 1984 on the west coast of Iceland, has died at the Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium in Japan, where he had been held since 2011. In April 2014, the aquarium reported that Bingo was in poor health, suffering from inflammation of the lungs.

Bingo was the only male orca held at the facility which now holds three orcas: Stella, who was also caught in Iceland and is believed to be approximately 27 years old and her two female offspring Ran II and Rin, born in 2006 and 2012. Bingo was the father of both of Stella’s calves.

47 orcas, including Bingo, who were captured in Iceland between 1976 and 1989 have died in captivity, only seven are still alive.