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Timeline on Morgan’s pregnancy raises many questions

Since SeaWorld announced the end of their orca breeding programme, it was assumed that the orcas at Loro Parque, who were at that time included in SeaWorld’s collection, would be

Attica Park, Greece receives €44,350 fine for law infringement

Following ongoing complaints and two years of campaigning against the dolphin shows at Attica Zoo Park in Greece, which flaunts laws banning animals being used to perform in shows, environmental inspectors

Where is Martinha? Rescued dolphin kept in tiny swimming pool for a decade

Dolphinaria-Free Europe is supporting the call to find Martinha, a rescued female common dolphin who has spent the past decade confined to a tiny backyard concrete ‘swimming pool’ after stranding

Morgan the orca gives birth at Loro Parque

Morgan the orca has given birth to her first calf Following the announcement by Loro Parque that Morgan the orca gave birth to her calf on 22 September at the facility,

Honey – a sad victim of the public display industry

DFE is saddened to hear the news that a female bottlenose dolphin, known as ‘Honey’, has been abandoned at the Inubosaki Marine Park in Choshi, Japan. Her case is an

Finnish travel companies reconsider policy on selling to marine parks displaying captive orca

Finnish holiday companies such as Aurinkomatkat (Suntours), Apollomatkat (Apollo Travels) and TUI Finland are considering whether to follow Thomas Cook’s recent decision to stop selling tickets to facilities which display

Swiss tour operator to stop dolphin promotions

There is more good news on the tour operator front. OceanCare, members of Dolphinaria-Free Europe, indicated that they have intensified their collaboration with Hotelplan Suisse in order to focus the

UK largest tour operator axing trips to Loro Parque and SeaWorld

Dolphinaria-Free Europe members Marine Connection has reported that Britain’s biggest tour operator Thomas Cook, is axing their trips to Loro Parque, Tenerife and SeaWorld, USA from summer 2019 after SeaWorld failed

Expert report on death of Aïcko challenged

Following the death of a young dolphin named Aïcko in November 2016 at Planete Sauvage in France, our member colleagues at One Voice contested claims by the park that the

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