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French marine park closes over law banning killer whale shows
A French marine park on Sunday closed down definitively over a 2021 law banning shows featuring marine mammals, leaving ...
Boats in WA waters must stay 1,000 yards from endangered killer whales. How far is that?
A new law went into effect Jan. 1 that extends the buffer zone around endangered Southern Resident killer whales, punishable ...
Why Killer Whales—Famous For Sporting Salmon ‘Hats’ In The 1980s—Might Be Doing It Again
Did you know orcas once turned salmon into quirky headwear in the 1980s? This "fad" disappeared by the turn of the decade, ...
Famous southern resident killer whale spotted carrying dead calf near BC
Animal lovers around the world have joined a southern resident killer whale in mourning after the news broke that she had ...
Renowned whale museum lost to fire in B.C.'s Telegraph Cove was a 'labour of love'
The Whale Interpretive Centre, where visitors could walk underneath huge whale skeletons suspended from the ceiling, was a ...
Killer whale mom who carried her dead baby for 17 days across 1,000 miles of ocean gives birth to new calf
The bereaved whale mother who made headlines when she heartbreakingly grieved her dead baby for more than two weeks has given ...
'Humans are all they know' - Fate of whales uncertain as marine zoo shuts
The fate of two killer whales is uncertain following the closure of a marine zoo on Sunday. Campaigners and the zoo's ...
New law requires boaters to stay 1,000 yards away from Southern Resident orcas
Expanded rules will require boaters to stay at least 1,000 yards away from Southern Resident orcas starting January 1.