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In zoological facilities, controlling reproduction in bottlenose dolphins is essential to ensure animal welfare and appropriate population m
In zoological facilities, controlling reproduction in bottlenose dolphins is essential to ensure animal welfare and appropriate population management. Altrenogest is a synthetic hormone widely used to prevent pregnancy in female dolphins, but information on its long-term effects is still limited. In this retrospective study, we evaluated the impact of prolonged Altrenogest administration in 18 female bottlenose dolphins housed in four zoological parks. Hormonal monitoring, ultrasound examinations of the reproductive system, and behavioral observations were analyzed over several years. The treatment effectively suppressed reproductive behavior and ovulation, as indicated by consistently low progesterone levels. However, dolphins receiving long-term Altrenogest treatment showed a higher occurrence of reproductive disorders, including uterine infections (pyometra) and ovarian follicular cysts, compared with untreated animals. These findings suggest that although Altrenogest is an effective contraceptive method, its prolonged use may increase the risk of reproductive health problems. Careful evaluation of treatment duration and regular clinical monitoring are, therefore, crucial to ensure the long-term health and welfare of dolphins under human care.
And this is why I remain opposed to breeding bans.
Because we still have yet to find a long term birth control for cetaceans that doesn’t cause health issues for them when used long term.
And needing to physically separate animals from each other can also cause social issues and there is reduced flexibility in social management
Takara teaching Sakari matriarch behavior even though Sakari will never be a matriarch due to the breeding ban
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eepy mourning dove cupping its wings under its belly for cushion ©Ella
ORCAAAAASSSS HELL YEAH. YOU ARE SO COOL I LOVE YOU ORCAS ARE SO COOL TOO COOLER THAN ANYTHING AAAAAA
Hell yeah we love orcas here
I made some pride bats, enjoy! 🦇🏳️🌈 EDIT: Part 2
Joint statements from SeaWorld, Georgia Aquarium, Shedd Aquarium, and Mystic Aquarium released today (8 July 2026) confirm that the 30 belugas stranded at the shuttered Marineland Canada theme park in Niagara Falls, Ontario will find new homes at 5 different AZA-accredited institutions.
28 of the whales will be divided amongst SeaWorld San Diego, SeaWorld San Antonio, Shedd Aquarium, and Georgia Aquarium. The remaining two will journey to L’Oceanogràfic in València, Spain, which famously rescued two belugas from an imperiled aquarium in Ukraine last year. Mystic Aquarium will aid in the transport but will not receive any belugas themselves. SeaWorld Orlando will also not be receiving whales at this time.
CITES permits have been issued for the American transfers, and NOAA has issued authorization for the US-based facilities to receive the whales. Final health clearances must be approved by Canadian veterinarians before transports can commence. Upon the departure of these whales, as well as four Black Sea dolphins also on site, no cetaceans will remain in human care in Canada.
Below is the official statement from the Honorable Joanne Thompson, the Canadian Minister of Fisheries.
This is amazing news. These animals, previously facing euthanasia, will find new homes at highly regulated facilities with the experience and resources to provide for them.
Godspeed, water marshmallows!
Resources: Social media statements were issued by SeaWorld, Georgia Aquarium, Shedd Aquarium, and Mystic Aquarium. Additional information can be found on Shedd and Georgia's websites here, here, and here, as well as the video below.
ocean rift, 2026.
Warner Bros. is developing a reimaging of the '90s family adventure "Free Willy," produced by Anthony and Joe Russo's AGBO.
Because another film portraying a captive whale being released into the wild as if that’s something that can feasibly happen in real life is just what we need right now.
Hey guys I'm gonna take just a moment to reach whatever audience I can about a topic I'm extremely passionate about.... I usually don't take my acitivism to Tumblr... but if you love me, take a quick read and sign the petition please 🙏🏻 💕🐋 - Sasha
SeaWorld, yet again, has done absolutely everything it can to make a quick buck, at the expense of the lives of innocent animals.
Under the guise of rescue, SeaWorld will be taking in 30 new beluga whales.
These highly intelligent creatures were sadly bred in captivity, and so release is simply not an option unless they are put in an open ocean pen, like SeaWorld promised to build in 2015 but never did.
They will be forced to perform, they will be subjected to food manipulation as part of their training and public presentations, a practice I believe is inappropriate for highly intelligent, social animals. They will have severe lack of proper veterinary care, they will be placed in tanks with other non-pod animals like the 36 other captive whales at SeaWorld. This treatment, as you could imagine, is known to cause extreme confusion, aggression, and violence in these animals.
We saw this in 2011... Dawn Brancheaux, a highly experienced trainer at SeaWorld was killed by Tilikum, a massive 14,000lb killer whale who'd been in her care for a decade. He drug her body under the water in front of families at a "Dinner with Shamu" show, and scalped her, ate her entire arm, and disembowled her. Lest we forget.
Tilikum was brought to SeaWorld under this same "rescue" story. Victoria's SeaLand Aquarium was closing due to funding/poor management, and the fact that Tilikum had already made headlines at the age of 4 for killing 17 year old Kelty Burne in his tank. SeaWorld stepped in and "saved" Tilly from the small enclosure, and he spent the next twenty years in a psychological torture chamber. He died alone in his tank, the park refusing further medical care after he developed a severe infection that spread to his internal organs and blood. It began as a tooth infection... one he attained while eating at the corners of his enclosure.
What happened was not his fault, or Dawn's, and may they both rest in peace. This cause was rather a severe lack of care for human and animal life on the part of SeaWorld. A company who despite agreeing to STOP CAPTIVE BREEDING in 2016 continues to do so to many other cetacean animals. A company that refused to listen to the protests of constituents, and ignored OSHA'S lawsuit in an appeal, and decided to continue Orca shows with human participation. Forcing animals and trainers to be in close proximity in volitile environments.
20 years later they've learned nothing.
To hear that 30 new animals will be distributed to these parks sickens me. They must be heald accountable.
I URGE YOU. DO NOT GO TO THESE PARKS.
Do not contribute to the suffering of these animals. Save your $ to see them in the wild where they belong. These highly intelligent, social, beautiful animals need to be protected, not captured and bred for entertainment. We cannot save these 30 Belugas (YET) but we can stop all breeding in captivity and give them a chance, if we're loud enough.
Signing this petition really helps, and I would greatly appreciate it 🙏🏻
I'm heading to Seattle to Pudget Sound in few weeks to see the Biggs orcas and help out with the conservation effort, my favorite part of the summer 💕 If your heart calls you to help, and you'd like to know other ways you can, please reach out to me!!!
This is horrible. Not that the belugas finally have a plan for rescue, but that now we are gonna post this kinda stuff about it? I doubt they will be breeding these animals intentionally because the aquariums and marine parks receiving them literally don't even expect them to survive because their health is already SO BAD. And ive heard they have poor genetics from MLC's breeding program too (take that with a grain of salt, ive only heard it)
Anyway, go see cetaceans in good marine parks and aquariums (AZA accredited usually, like Georgia Aquarium and SeaWorld!) AND see them in the wild via a "whale wise" tour or watch from the shore!! It is truly amazing to see a whale (especially for children, who may be inspired to care about them for their lifetime). Not everyone can take a trip to California or Alaska to see wild whales. I've worked in animal education and seen how kids light up when they get to see an animal, and they remember that for a long time, sometimes even inspiring them to pursue a green career!
Ps. SeaWorld is not forcing trainers to "risk their lives" by preforming alongside orcas, lol. They have worked SO HARD to get where they are! They are right where they want to be
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Empty the Tanks protests are happening this weekend. So here’s a few reminders (based on scientific research and my own experience as a former dolphin trainer/working in dolphin welfare):
No functioning “sea sanctuary” currently exists for cetaceans. No sea sanctuary is currently being utilised by dolphins or whales. If you "empty the tanks" there is no where for these animals to go, which is why we have two shutdown facilities with dolphins and whales living in limbo: Marineland Antibes and Marineland Ontario
"Tricks" are just learned behaviours, which the dolphin or whale only chooses to do because there is a reinforcing outcome for them. If the behaviour was uncomfortable or caused them pain, they simply don't have the incentive to do them.
Dolphins and whales in accredited facilities are not being "made to perform" or "starved". If that was the case, you'd be seeing it in their body condition and behaviour. There are facilities where outdated training methods are still used but these are not the places where Empty the Tanks are demonstrating in front of.
"Shows" are basically high energy exercise sessions put to music and the animals can always choose not to participate if they don't want to. You being entertained by an animal is not inherently unethical if their welfare is prioritised. The animals don't care whether a show is "educational" or not. Or if they're doing "natural" behaviours.
Dolphins and whales in human care are all individual animals with individual personalities, learning histories, genetic histories ect. There is no one size fits all solution to welfare.
Just "make the tanks bigger" or "put them in the ocean/sea sanctuary" are not viable or reasonable welfare solutions. And the Empty the Tanks organisers are not qualified to assess cetacean welfare in any meaningful way.
I have personally witnessed poor welfare in a sea pen habitat in bottlenose dolphins - welfare issues do not go away in a sea pen. In fact, sea pens create a lot of other stressors and uncontrollable environmental factors such as pollution/oil spills, weather/currents/tides ect.
If you have any questions or concerns about the welfare of cetaceans in human care, you're welcome to message me questions or have a chat to trainers and caretakers at your local zoological facility.
Genuinely we would not be working minimum wage jobs and sacrificing financial security to scrub buckets and be elbow deep in frozen fish at 5am if we didn't care about these animals.
I completely neglected to share this piece. Though making super detailed art of cetaceans is fun, I kinda want to start going for a more stylized approach as it would probably stand out more. This doesn’t mean detailed pieces will no longer be made, just that I want to do more experimenting with stylized work. Plus it’s more consistent with the type of art I do more often. For now, enjoy this Icelandic orca.
CA216C1 “Frosty / Frostbite”
I never thought I’d draw both sides but here it is.
