beneath the surface

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“One of the issues that orca face is that they are such remarkable animals, and because of that people want to see them up close and personal…so there are other people who want to make a profit from that. They capture the orca from the wild, and they rip them out of their families and they dump them into these concrete tanks and make them perform tricks. People pay to go and see that, they’re brainwashed into thinking that this is a really good thing to see and a good thing to do, it’s “family entertainment”, and they  just don’t seem to realize how much these animals suffer.” - Dr. Ingrid N. Visser

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New SRKW calf sighting 

January 11, 2019

Ocean Wise Marine Mammal Research Program on facebook:

Some good news to start your weekend off right: New footage of southern resident killer whales (L pod) swimming in the Strait of Juan de Fuca shows a new calf beside L77, who was pregnant. Researcher Ken Balcomb has confirmed the sighting, although we still do not know the sex of the newborn calf.

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people really still go to seaworld huh

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So today was a red cove day in Taiji, and I just need to make sure everyone knows about this pod of six Risso’s. Not how they died, but how they spent their last hours.

These little dolphins fought like goddamn fucking lions. Time after time after time, they kept diving under the banger boats and the skiffs and that god awful noise and making a break for the open ocean, only for these big, powerful boats to run them down again. They fought for hours refusing to let themselves be herded into the cove before the hunters finally got fed up and broke out the nets.

You guys, they dove under the nets.

 I’ve never, never seen a pod do that. The cove monitor had never seen that. And it was only half a dozen further rushes for freedom later that the net came out again, and that’s when they got them. They drove them under a tarp, tethered them by their tails, and drove metal poles behind their blowholes in a clumsy attempt to sever their spines.

Dolphin meat is dripping with mercury and barely in demand in Japan, and the hunts run on the sale of live dolphins to places like China and Russia. They ran down these six dolphins long, long after it became profitable to do so, just for the blood sport of it.

If you can afford to make a huge fucking ass deal about this, please do. Spread it around, spread it on Chinese, Russian, and Japanese social media. Hell, call your Japanese embassy if you can! And obviously, don’t buy a ticket to a dolphin show.

But if nothing else, please remember these six dolphins, who showed more courage than their killers will ever demonstrate in their lives.

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hello! whale blogs please read

hi, so i went ahead and unfollow almost everyone i was following. i’m not sure who still frequently posts about orcas, if you do and would like me to follow you reply or like this.🖤

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i’m such a freaking creep like you guys post anything personal or any text posts you get that little notification like yay and then OH NVM IT’S JUST SAMI…liking shit again.

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likey likey likey

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I miss this whole community omg

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Morgan is pregnant why am i not surprised

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Norwegian Orca - January 2015 (x)

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The Grand White Crystal

A commission piece for a client on FA.

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Possible good news for Tokitae at MSQ

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I know I know I’m not really active but just wanted to let everyone know Takara’s calf died. If you didn’t know, she (Takara) was impregnated before Seaworld ended their breeding program…she (the calf) was only three months old, you can read Seaworld’s official statement here: https://seaworldcares.com/kyara-update

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“One of the issues that orca face is that they are such remarkable animals, and because of that people want to see them up close and personal…so there are other people who want to make a profit from that. They capture the orca from the wild, and they rip them out of their families and they dump them into these concrete tanks and make them perform tricks. People pay to go and see that, they’re brainwashed into thinking that this is a really good thing to see and a good thing to do, it’s “family entertainment”, and they  just don’t seem to realize how much these animals suffer.” - Dr. Ingrid N. Visser

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Saw dolphins, had to share🐬🌊

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T123A “Stanley” in the Strait of Georgia. #ocean #whale #blackfish #orca #britishcolumbia #killerwhale #wildlifephotography #splendouroftheseas #splendid_nature #earthgallery #nikon #cangeo #vanisland http://ift.tt/2tdOata

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Keiko in Iceland