Marine Connection welcomes the news that a ban on the breeding of captive dolphins in the Netherlands will finally be introduced. Junior Agriculture Minister Silvio Erkens stated in a letter… ...

Morgan, the only female orca at Loro Parque on the Spanish island of Tenerife, has given birth for the second time; this time, it’s a male. Morgan’s first calf, who was female and named Ula, was ...

Marine Connection has joined 28 animal welfare organisations in Canada/USA and globally, supporting a joint letter by IMMP to the Canadian Minister of Fisheries and Oceans regarding the future of the ...

More than 3,000+ dolphins and whales are held in tanks around the world, purely for the benefit of humans and sadly, another dolphin calf has been born in captivity. This time at Duisburg Zoo in ...

Following a six-month investigation, 55 individuals were recently questioned in connection with an illegal whaling operation and the killing of 17 minke whales. 13 are now being held by the Coast ...

Marine Connection is a member of the Stop The Grind coalition and we are fully supporting the creation of World Dolphin Day, to mark the one-year anniversary of the biggest single slaughter of ...

It’s now been five years since Fungie, the world-famous bottlenose dolphin, was last seen in the waters of Dingle, Ireland. First appearing in 1983, Fungie captured hearts both locally and ...

It was an excellent week at the 37th European Cetacean Society conference in Dundee, Scotland, bringing together global experts in whales, dolphins, porpoises, and seals to share the latest science, ...

Starting today, 14 December 2023, aquariums in South Korea holding captive dolphins and whales are banned from purchasing new cetaceans for display. Most of the 16 bottlenose dolphins within the four ...

Marine Connection is standing with long-standing colleagues in Antigua and Barbuda in strongly opposing any plans for the country to support the reintroduction of commercial whaling at the 70th ...

As the future of the last two captive orcas in France remains under discussion, although no final decisions have been made at this stage, our colleagues at One Voice are sounding the alarm with deep ...

Following strong public interest, New Zealand’s Department of Conservation (DOC) has published a series of documents outlining its response to the orca calf stranding near Plimmerton, north of ...