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mandie pierce
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Mandie’s love of orcas began in the 1980s following a visit to the Miami Seaquarium,  an  entertainment park in  the USA, where she watched orcas Lolita and Hugo perform.  Even at that young age,  Mandie  felt strongly that orcas should not be kept in captivity but it was not until she reached adulthood that she had a much better understanding, spurring her on to become involved as a freedom advocate, focusing  her  efforts  on  raising  public  awareness  to  help  orcas in captivity.
 
Mandie  has since travelled to Iceland, and to the annual  Orca Watch  event run by the Sea Watch Foundation in John O'Groats, Scotland   to see these magnificent mammals in their natural environment. She has a particular interest in the identification of orcas migrating  between Icelandic  and UK waters.   Mandie  is currently completing marine mammal survey training with the wildlife charity  ORCA  to assist with this information gathering.  She is also a volunteer marine mammal medic with British Divers Marine Life Rescue  and an onshore volunteer with  Sea Shepherd UK, participating in outreach with the pubic, as well as leading beach cleans.
 
Given her first orca experience,   Mandie  is passionate about the  Free Lolita  campaign and travels to London for public outreach.
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