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Ambitious plan to free captive orca Lolita announced

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

Orca from British Isles resident population found dead

WDC is very sad to hear from colleagues at the Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust that Lulu, a member of the West Coast Community and the British Isles’ only resident orca pod, has been found dead on the island of Tiree in the Inner Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland.

Lulu was identified from her distinctive saddle and eye patch markings. A post-mortem has revealed that she died after becoming entangled in fishing ropes.

The most well-known member of the pod is a male orca known as John Coe (below). Sadly, there have been no new calves seen in the group in recent years, which is thought to now number less than 10 individuals.

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