Shark Week –‘Shark Infested Water’
“Shark infested water”. When you stop to think about it, that is an amusing concept since, as pointed out in this article on the origin of Jaws, the water is where sharks live. It is their home, and...
View ArticleNational Marine Mammal Foundation – Who Are Those Guys?
It is always heartwarming to read about a dolphin rescue, and the trials of young Sassafras is no exception – beached, sunburned and thin he was carefully nursed back to health but because he is deaf...
View ArticleHeartwarming Videos – Dolphins Save Woman and Dog, Captive Mother Orca Helps...
It is unfortunate that the little whale is forced to learn such an unnatural trick…
View ArticleAn Orca Stranded in Norway, Home of the Captive Orca Morgan – Please Keep...
Update April 8th: the orca was euthanized a few hours ago after its condition worsened. See Norwegian news article here or click here for more on the death of this whale. A quick heads up, thanks to...
View ArticleLocal Horse Rescue Offers Alternative to Slaughter
In 2004 this sensitive and kind horse, Dakota, was purchased for fifty cents per pound to prevent her and the foal she carried from being slaughtered. The farmer who owned her had wrung all the use he...
View ArticleCourageous rescue of killer whales trapped among ice floes in Russia
In April last year, four killer whales were found trapped among ice floes in the frigid water off the coast of Russia – the baby was separated from its mother and at risk of drowning while a young...
View ArticleUrgent search for the orca J 50 has begun, now missing for several days (13...
From NOAA: Unfortunately J50 has not been seen in several days of favorable conditions and sightings of her pod and family group, including J16, her mother. Teams were on the water searching...
View ArticleAn orca rescue, rehab, and retirement facility in the San Juan Islands;...
Media release: The Whale Sanctuary Project is holding a series of town meetings in Washington State to discuss the concept for a rehab/rescue facility for the endangered Southern Resident orcas, which...
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