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The Orca Project and Orca Network, along with countless other marine mammal advocates believe they can handle the transport and care of Orca, released from captivity.
On the basis that continued animal abuse, for the benefit of profit and human entertainment, is both bad for the animal and human kind, a plan has been laid out on how to transport, house and care for formerly captive marine mammals, and one Orca whale in particular.
Text from The Orca Project site:
"August 8, 1970 in Penn Cove, Whidbey Island, Washington State. Lolita is the last surviving orca of 45 members of the Southern Resident community that were captured and delivered for display in marine parks between 1965 and 1973. At least 13 members of her family were killed during the brutal captures."
Now, 40 years later, the Orcanetwork and Orca Project, continue an exhaustive and comprehensive campaign to get Lolita released.
Read more about how they would handle such a monumental task at the link.
http://theorcaproject.wordpress.com/2010/09/01/lolita-the-orca-her-life-her-legal-issues-and-her-way-home/The Orca Project and Orca Network, along with countless other marine mammal advocates... more
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Susan Berta, of orcanetwork.org, shared a story on the orcanetwork facebook page today about Lolita, the last living Orca from the Penn Cove Orca Captures, having a tooth infection. Tooth infections can be fatal for captive marine mammals, and have lead to the death of captive Orcas.
Lolita, the oldest killer whale in captivity, was born around 1966. She has spent most of her life at the Seaquarium since her capture in 1970. The 7,000 pound whale has lived in the 20-foot deep tank for 40 years. This tank is considered substandard by marine mammal scientists.
Numerous organizations have lobbied for the release of Lolita, and many think this tooth infection could be fatal, and are in hopes it will help them promote her release from the Hertz family who owns the park.
Her family pod still swims in the waters around the Puget Sound. Marine mammal experts even think her mother is still alive. Lolita’s birthright is the L25 matriline of the “L” pod of the Southern Resident orca community in the Pacific Northwest. Lolita’s mother is believed to be Ocean Sun, approx. age 82, who still resides with Lolita’s family swimming freely in the open waters where Lolita was captured.
orcanetwork.org 's Howard Garret posted a comment on the tooth infection story, saying: "Her life is in danger where she is. The proposal for her retirement would be completely safe and would provide her the chance for a long healthy life and contact with her family."
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2011/03/04/lolita-the-killer-whale-recuperating-from-tooth-infection/Susan Berta, of orcanetwork.org, shared a story on the orcanetwork facebook page today... more
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41 years after the horrific capture of Orca whales in Penn Cove, Whidbey Island, Washington, still shocks.
The video attached to this post might help those who continue to support being entertained by captured Orca to rethink their support of this form of entertainment.
No longer legal in the United States, capturing wild marine mammals continues in many countries today.
Help educate yourself and those you know by watching this link attached footage of how animals are captured for human entertainment, and contact orcanetwork.org to find out more about how you can put your animal loving to real work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfwnpjghVk041 years after the horrific capture of Orca whales in Penn Cove, Whidbey Island,... more
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Thanks to Howard Garrett and Susan Berta of Orcanetwork, for pointing out this important story from the seattlepi's Candice Calloway-Whiting, about the horrendous condition of SeaWorld's financial records.
How much profit is there left in captured sea mammal as public entertainment? Will a dwindling bottom line help end the violent capture of wild animals, for our amusement?
"Behind the tragedies at SeaWorld, behind the looming lawsuits, behind the rapidly changing attitudes toward orca captivity, come the economic losses now pinching the industry". - Howard Garret of Orca Network.
Interestingly enough, as Candace reports, "last year Costco ran a survey of it’s members, and reported that only around 17% feel that keeping wild animals in captivity for our amusement is right. It is time for the amusement parks to stop capturing and breeding whales and dolphins, there is nothing amusing about it".
Read seattlepi.com reporter Candace Calloway-Whiting's article about Sea World's bleak financial news (linked), since the story broke in the Wall Street Journal.
http://blog.seattlepi.com/candacewhiting/2011/02/13/seaworld-has-a-whale-of-a-debt-in-their-financial-tank/Thanks to Howard Garrett and Susan Berta of Orcanetwork, for pointing out this... more
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