Orcas and other dolphins work in groups, utilizing complex strategies to locate and secure their prey. Some whale species dive thousands of ... of ever being reunited with their families. Once in ...

Whales and dolphins are complex social animals and are not well suited for a life in captivity. When confined, they are prevented from carrying out natural behaviors, which include roaming up to 100 ...

In 2010, the declaration of rights for cetaceans asserted that whales and dolphins should not be held in captivity, while in 2013, India declared dolphins as non-human persons to prevent their ...

A worrying new publication has exposed the scale of whale and dolphin exploitation across theme parks in China.

Whales and dolphins have always been the big attraction there, but animal activists had been protesting for an end to marine mammal captivity. When a bill came before the Canadian Senate ...

"We will also continue our efforts to support the development of sanctuaries for whales and dolphins currently in captivity." ...

During the recent election campaign, NPA mayoral candidate Kirk LaPointe condemned Mayor Gregor Robertson for stating his personal opposition to keeping whales and dolphins in captivity in Stanley ...

Vision Vancouver mayoral incumbent Gregor Robertson called for an end to whale and dolphin captivity in April. “My personal view is that the Vancouver Aquarium should begin to phase out the ...

Sadly, many aquariums and aqua theme parks hold them in captivity and subject them ... has more than 20 different species of whales and dolphins. The most common species here is bottlenose ...

Dolphins are intelligent and social creatures that, in the wild, interact with hundreds of pod-mates, hunt communally, and have entire coastlines as their playground. In captivity, social partners ...