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Whale and Dolphin Conservation partners with local artist for art auction

PLYMOUTH, MA - Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC) has partnered with local artist Erik Simmons...
dolphin FB Fundraiser

e.l.f. Cosmetics announces new “porpoise-ful” initiative to benefit Whale and Dolphin Conservation

For Immediate Release, March 16, 2023 OAKLAND, CA - On the fins of its first...

Kiska the ‘world’s loneliest whale’ dies at Canadian theme park

Kiska, dubbed the loneliest whale in the world, has died at Marineland, a zoo and...
Grey seal is released from the kennel on the ocean side of Duxbury Beach

Why did the seal cross the road? WDC responds to a grey seal near Gurnet Point in Plymouth, MA

Grey seal is released from the kennel on the ocean side of Duxbury Beach For...

SeaWorld Orlando targets students in bid to revive tarnished image

In an attempt to improve its tarnished image and falling attendances, SeaWorld Orlando is to host high school journalism students to teach them about its work.

According to local reports, students from local schools were selected last month to attend sessions in the hope that they will then help promote SeaWorld and its activities.

SeaWorld has received increased, wide-scale negative publicity since the release of the film, Blackfish, which is highly critical of SeaWorld’s captive orca shows.

WDC firmly believes that keeping whales and dolphins in captivity is cruel. There is no educational benefit in seeing intelligent creatures like orcas performing in circus style shows and very little of SeaWorld’s annual revenue goes towards conservation. Whales and dolphins live shorter lives in captivity compared with those in the wild, they can never hope to travel the 100 miles or so that they do each day in the ocean whilst held in a small tank, and they suffer stress as a result.

WDC is campaigning to stop travel companies and airlines selling trips to see shows involving whales and dolphins.