New Zealand's 3 News reports on orca expert Dr. Ingrid Visser's work to free Morgan, the young female orca captured from the wild in 2010 who is currently being displayed at marine entertainment park Loro Parque in Tenerife. 

http://www.3news.co.nz/NZer-fights-to-free-orca-in-Canary-Islands/tabid/1160/articleID/328269/Default.aspx#.UtOW9bFPLJ4.facebook

More about the Russian orca captures with Erich Hoyt, an interview by Tim Zimmermann (author of "Killer in the Pool"): 

http://timzimmermann.com/2013/11/11/more-about-russian-orca-captures-with-erich-hoyt/

Members of the West Coast Community (including John Coe) have been spotted near Gairloch this morning!

Orca will be swimming down the red carpet - Blackfish has been nominated for a BAFTA Film Award!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25648930  

Op-Ed from journalist Elizabeth Batt: How low can you can go? Did SeaWorld skew online poll?

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/news/odd%20news/op-ed-how-low-can-you-can-go-did-seaworld-skew-online-poll/article/365022#ixzz2pHkeaMEy

Quick-thinking cray diver films rare orca encounter:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11180658

Via Orca Network: John Dodge, longtime writer for the Olympian, reflects on the beauty and wonder of orcas at home in Puget Sound, and the looming disaster of massive coal and oil shipments through their critical habitat.

http://www.theolympian.com/2014/01/02/2911462/coal-oil-threat-shrouds-image.html

2014 Southern Resident Killer Whale Satellite Tagging:

http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/research/divisions/cb/ecosystem/marinemammal/satellite_tagging/blog2014.cfm