SeaWorld filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a California commission's ruling that bans the company from breeding captive killer whales at its San Diego park.
Plants & Animals
Dec 30, 2015
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SeaWorld should be allowed to build a much larger facility for its killer whales, a state government report recommended Friday in a move that outrages animal rights groups that see it as a step toward breeding more orcas ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 25, 2015
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The annual July tally of endangered orcas is complete, and researchers have counted 81 whales, including four babies born since last winter.
Plants & Animals
Jul 22, 2015
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SeaWorld and animal rights groups clashed on social media Tuesday over the company's treatment of orcas, which star as the main attraction at several marine parks.
Plants & Animals
Mar 31, 2015
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A new baby orca wasn't the only interesting discovery researchers made while tracking endangered killer whales.
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Mar 5, 2015
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Thanks to the more than 11,200 sightings of cetaceans over the course of ten years, Spanish and Portuguese researchers have been able to identify, in detail, the presence of orcas in the Gulf of Cadiz, the Strait of Gibraltar ...
Ecology
Dec 1, 2014
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Whale researchers are celebrating a newborn orca in the waters off San Juan Island in Washington state.
Plants & Animals
Sep 8, 2014
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A California bill that sought to end killer whale shows at SeaWorld in San Diego and phase out their captivity was put on hold Tuesday, dousing an escalating fight between animal activists and supporters of the major tourist ...
Ecology
Apr 8, 2014
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Federal scientists have decided Puget Sound killer whales will remain protected under the Endangered Species Act.
Ecology
Aug 2, 2013
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(Phys.org) —Marine biologists John Jett and Jeffrey Ventra of Stetson University and Louisiana State University respectively have published a paper in Journal of Marine Animals and Their Ecology that suggests captive orca ...
