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Lolita

Let’s remember Lolita, the orca held in captivity for 50 years who died just before her release

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I would like to remember Lolita, the orca held in captivity for 50 years. She was due to be released into the ocean but instead she suddenly passed away. She never saw the ocean again. Her birthright, her habitat, her place to live from where she was stolen to be held captive in a large …

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Orca photo by Jeanne Hyde

Reason why killer whales are ramming boats off Spain, Portugal and Shetland?

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I think we need to get to the bottom of this ongoing behavior of killer whales (orcas) ramming boats firstly off Spain and Portugal and more recently off Shetland, in the North Sea. It is believed that the killer whales in the south have passed on the message to those in the north to ram …

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Two useful tags. Click either to see the articles: Speciesism - 'them and us' | Cruelty - always shameful
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