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Southwest Airlines End Partnership With SeaWorld

7/31/2014

Southwest Airlines are ending their 25 year-old marketing partnership with SeaWorld after feeling the pressure from concerned members of the public.

http://m.chron.com/news/us/article/SeaWorld-Southwest-Airlines-ending-partnership-5659966.php

You can read more about the outreach attempts that prompted this decision here - http://timzimmermann.com/2014/02/12/blackfish-effect-at-work-southwest-airlines/.

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Orca Researcher Weather Channel Interviews (VIDEO)

7/31/2014

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Sam Champion from the Weather Channel talks to Philippe and Ashlan Cousteau about the Southern resident orca and a new documentary they are making about this population (also including an interview with Southern resident orca researcher Ken Balcomb, from the Center for Whale Research) - in 5 different parts:

http://www.weather.com/video/killer-whales-survival-at-stake-51779

http://www.weather.com/video/orcas-the-wild-truth-51776?collid=%2Ftv%2Fshows%2Famhq

http://www.weather.com/video/protecting-orca-whales-51780

http://www.weather.com/video/saving-the-orcas-51784

http://www.weather.com/video/endangered-orcas-51773

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The Other Whale Who Killed His Trainer

7/30/2014

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"The first attack occurred in September 1998, when [orca] Keto was only three-years-old." Should this, as well as the three other known attacks by Keto towards his trainers, have acted as a warning that it was only a matter of time before somebody died?

http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandnature/keto-the-other-whale-who-killed-his-trainer/

Photo: c. Sam Lipman

Photo: c. Sam Lipman

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Update: Stranded Orca In Scotland

7/30/2014

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An update on the orca (a sub-adult male thought to have been between 15 and 20 years old) found dead in North Uist, Scotland:

http://www.islandnewsandadvertiser.co.uk/2014/07/stranded-killer-whale-post-mortem-takes-place-on-baleshare-beach-north-uist/

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The Dog Who Sniffs Orca Poo

7/30/2014

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Article about Tucker, the dog who sniffs out orca scat!

http://online.wsj.com/articles/seafaring-dog-follows-an-elusive-whale-trail-1406687401?tesla=y&mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304282604580045980356612698.html

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Concerns grow for Orca in Marineland

7/29/2014

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Concerns grow for Kiska in Marineland:
http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/environment/killer-whale-at-marineland-appears-to-be-ailing/article/392948

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National Geographic Kids Feature Orca

7/28/2014

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This is a feature in this month's National Geographic Kids magazine featuring facts provided by the charities ORCA and HWDT:

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Dead Orca Found In Outer Hebrides, Scotland

7/28/2014

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We are sad to report an orca has been found dead on Baleshare Beach, North Uist in the Outer Hebrides on the west coast of Scotland. A full necropsy will be conducted tomorrow.

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A Superpod At Superpod

7/26/2014

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A Superpod at Superpod! Kyra Laughlin writes about her experience seeing a Southern resident orca superpod at the Superpod 3 event:

http://bdmlr-orcaaware.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/a-superpod-at-superpod.html

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Miami Seaquarium Cited & Fined Over Waterwork With Orca

7/24/2014

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Miami Seaquarium was cited and fined $7,000 by OSHA after an investigation found that waterwork with Lolita present a 'struck-by and/or drowning' hazard for the orca trainers (via The Orca Project)

http://www.scribd.com/doc/234889810/Osha-Citation-and-Letter

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