Clik here to view.
David Kirby & Superpod8 Details
May 18th Today is David Kirby's birthdaySadly & shockingly, David passed on 16 April 2023, in Puebla, Mexico, at age 62. Medical complications, after a fall, lead to a hospitalization from which DK...
View ArticleClik here to view.
#Superpod8: Honoring Ken & Blackfish at 10
Honoring Ken & Blackfish at Ten This year, Blackfish movie turns ten. And on 15 December 2022, the world lost Ken Balcomb; renowned scientist, Orca Survey founder, father, brother, sage, dam...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Superpod Seven: Tipping Points
Superpod is a biennial gathering & conference on San Juan Island, Washington, USA, hosted by Voice of the Orcas and in consultation with The Whale Sanctuary Project & The Center for Whale...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Loro Parque's Baby Orca Ula Possibly In The Fight of Her Life
Loro Parque, Canary Islands: The new baby killer whale, Ula, recently celebrated with fanfare at the Loro Parque theme park, is battling an infection or trauma & may be fighting for her life. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Reactions to Orca J-50's Untimely Death
With the passing of another Southern Resident Orca, J50, & the ongoing lack of urgency shown by Washington State Leaders Governor Jay Inslee, & Senators Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray......
View ArticleClik here to view.
Katina's Gruesome Dorsal Fin Injury is no April Fool's Joke by SeaWorld
SeaWorld's most valuable matriarch suffers gaping laceration at the base of her dorsal fin Thanks to Heather Murphy@oceanadvocatefl for obtaining the first outside photographs of Katina, a key which...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Superpod Six Primer with Schedule Outline
Superpod is a biennial gathering on San Juan Island, Washington, USA, hosted by Voice of the Orcas#Superpod6 is the sixth incarnation of an event that began in July 2011, organically. It is organized...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Phototoxicity and is the Hybrid SeaWorld Orca Malia Dying?
Malia is a female hybrid killer whale born at SeaWorld of Florida on 12 March 2007. Her mother was Taima, a half-transient & half N. Atlantic mix & her father was Tilikum, a wild-captured...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Killer Tooth Ache
PRESS RELEASE: KILLER TOOTH ACHEStatements compiled & composed by Dr Ingrid Visser Anyone with a tooth ache knows how painful and distracting that can be. For an orca (killer whale), which has...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Hurricane Irma and the Tragedy of Lolita
Dear APHIS & the City of Miami: You have warned Floridians not to abandon pets in the wake of Irma. The city has mentioned felony penalties for animal cruelty. The governor issued mandatory...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Criminal Investigation by Dept of Justice is a Big Can of Worms for SeaWorld
A new article by Kyle Swenson at the Washington Post has SeaWorld in, what some describe as, big trouble. His story lays out The Blackfish Effect onto the company, blow by blow; a can of worms for a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Kasatka's Impending Death has SeaWorld in Full Scramble Mode
The tragedy of Kasatka... with a tribute to her by VOTO's Samantha BergPhoto v #Elizabeth#Blackfish Kasatka is immunocompromised from stress & years of meds. She is literally being eaten alive...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dam Expert & DamNation Cast Member Jim Waddell Responds to the Killing Sea...
NOTE: This letter (reprinted at VOTO) is from Jim Waddell, civil engineer, DamNation film cast member, to Matt Strickler, Senior Policy Adviser at U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Our Comments on the New Orca Encounter at SeaWorld
Despite the corporation's reluctance to say it, SeaWorld's new "Orca Encounter" is just another show, withoutimprovements for the killer whales who are forced to live at Shamu Stadium.What a flop!...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Human & Non-Human Deaths at SeaWorld
On Christmas Eve 2009 the SeaWorld orca Keto killed trainer Alexis Martinez. The two were practicing "stand-on spy-hops" for a show. Keto became frustrated when two high-energy but imperfect stand-ons...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Part Two: Elizabeth Shares more Damning SeaWorld Photos & Information
Ike's damaged mouth from jaw popping. Photo: ElizabethAt our last blog, here, you met marine biology student, Elizabeth, who uses her proximity and season pass to access SeaWorld's California orca...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Elizabeth Shares Her SeaWorld Orca Images with the World
At Voice of the Orcas, Carol, John, Samantha and I continue our evidence based advocacy work via writings, interviews, symposiums, consultation, sponsoring legislation, journal articles & Superpod...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Orca Medical Record Shines Negative Light On Killer Whale Captivity at SeaWorld
In a recent article published at VOTO, the process of discovery was explained regarding a lawsuit filed against SeaWorld for false advertising. We follow up here with a detailed analysis of an exhibit...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Class Action Lawsuit vs SeaWorld Promises Drama & Discovery
SeaWorld's captive orca Tilikum died 6 Jan 2017 from an antibiotic resistant super-infection. Listen HEREEarlier this month U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White ruled that a class-action lawsuit filed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tilikum is Dead but SeaWorld Can Extend His Legacy Through Science
Sadly, a week into 2017, we learn of the loss of Southern Resident Matriarch J2, Granny, and now Tilikum, the killer whale that changed the world. In our opinion, SeaWorld now has an opportunity, in...
View Article
![[QLD, NSW, VIC] Samsung 65](http://files.ozbargain.com.au/n/31/978831l.jpg?h=8d64f0c6)
