This week, guest blogger Jeff Ventre helps to explain the devastating legacy of captivity for the Southern Resident orcas – why they are still affected by captures that happened decades ago. These efforts devastated their population, and they are still struggling to recover. Today, they face threats like prey depletion, pollution, and noisy waters. Helping to restore salmon populations in the Pacific Northwest
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After days and days with seeing very little in the way of dolphins, today I was nearly taken by surprise as Kesslet and her baby came ambling past Chanonry through the fog...
and Charlie, her 7 year old son was with them too - difficult to get them all in the same shot so I took this one of Charlie coming quite close to the beach.
On January 17th, 2014 over 250 bottlenose dolphins were driven into the killing Cove in Taiji, Japan, prompting one of the most politically-charged responses against the drive hunts from the global community in the past decade. US Ambassador Caroline Kennedy tweeted about her concerns, claiming that these hunts were inhumane.
Reports of dead dolphins washing ashore with gunshot wounds in the Gulf region have been scattered throughout the media since 2012, suggesting that a more recent and disturbing trend of targeted vandalism might be surfacing.
WDC (Whale and Dolphin Conservation) is continuing to work with Merlin Entertainments to identify a permanent solution to secure a better future for three belugas currently housed at Shanghai Oceanworld in China, including their possible release back into the sea.
On Friday, 7th November, dedicated WDC volunteer, John Faulkes, attended a protest outside the Embassy of Japan in London, calling on Japan to end its cruel dolphin hunts. Here, in words and pictures, he recounts the experience.