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Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 20h

Will #Marineland’s whales find sanctuary in Burgeo, Newfoundland & Labrador? 🐋 The town’s mayor says with a Marine Protected Area in development off the south coast, Burgeo could be the best place for the whales Marineland has threatened to kill.

Burgeo Entertaining Possibility of Transferring Marineland’s Belugas to South Coast

The Mayor of Burgeo is offering up the possibility of transferring 30 beluga whales from Marineland in Niagara...

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Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 17h

📣 TOMORROW: Bring your signs & voice to Marineland for a protest! It can NOT be allowed to kill 30 belugas ❌🐋

📍 Marineland: 7657 Portage Rd, Niagara Falls
🕞 3:30–6:30 PM
✊ Hosted by Toronto animal advocates
⬇️ RSVP

Marineland Protest - Save the Beluga Whales

Event by Canadian Grassroots Animal Rights - CAGAR and 3 others on Saturday, October 11 2025

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Whale Tales @whaletalesorg.bsky.social · 20h

T036A’s and T065B’s Munching on Seals! Read the full story here: buff.ly/NLcyhDb
Photo by Gary
This is an encounter from 2016
#WhaleTales #biggs

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Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 4d

After decades of profiting from cruelty, Marineland is threatening to kill its 30 remaining whales 💔 It's time for Ontario to step in to protect the whales & send Marineland the bill!

@camillelabchuk.bsky.social: “Marineland has a moral obligation to fund the future care of these animals.” ⬇️

Marine park threatens to euthanize 30 whales if Canada does not provide funding

Marineland’s warning comes after Canadian official blocked the transfer of the beluga whales to a theme park in China

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Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 3d

🚨 Marineland is threatening to KILL 30 beluga whales unless the gov’t gives them money or allows the whales to be shipped to a subpar aquarium in China.

This is extortion. The Ontario & federal governments must step in now & protect the whales 👉 http://bit.ly/3IxNfME

Urgent campaign poster from Animal Justice featuring a close-up image of a white beluga whale, urging action against Marineland's threats to kill their beluga whales.

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OrcaSOS @orcasos.bsky.social · 2d

Chinook salmon seen passing upper Klamath River dam for the first time since lower dams removed youtu.be/MW5Uf-0IamU?... via @YouTube

Chinook salmon seen passing upper Klamath River dam for the first time since lower dams removed

YouTube video by KGW News

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Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 9d

BREAKING: We did it! 🎉 Thanks to your advocacy, the government DENIED #Marineland’s permit application to send 30 surviving belugas to a Chinese theme park, where they could have endured a dangerous journey only to suffer & be bred in another tank.

Send the whales to sanctuaries 🐋👉 bit.ly/4ojLgL9

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OrcaSOS @orcasos.bsky.social · 7d

If something isn't done to help the 30 belugas held at Marineland, they are threatening to EUTHANIZE them all!

PLS SIGN: #Canada Send Marineland Whales to Sanctuary
v @animal-justice.bsky.social
action.animaljustice.ca/page/178914/...
🆘 @mark-carney.bsky.social
These belugas need #WhaleSanctuary

Whales & Dolphins Are Suffering at Marineland - Take Action!

Tell the Canadian government to send Marineland's surviving whales & dolphins to sanctuaries!

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Guy Lane: author Vita Sapien Philosophy @guylane.bsky.social · 11d

Whale Meditation for Vitans by Vita Sapien
vitasapien.org/vitans

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A Vitan Meditation : Whale Meditation

YouTube video by VITA TV

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OrcaSOS @orcasos.bsky.social · 9d

Ottawa shuts down #Marineland’s request to ship the theme park’s last remaining beluga whales to China
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✅ Belugas thrive in oceans
#China #CaptivityIsCruelty

Marineland ‘profoundly disappointed’ in federal government’s decision on whale export to China

YouTube video by CP24

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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 9d

Jane Goodall, the influential primatologist who changed how people see chimpanzees and themselves, died Wednesday at the age of 91.

She died of natural causes while she was in California on a speaking tour, the Jane Goodall Institute said in a statement on social media.

(Photo: Apic/Getty Images)

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 9d

The naturalist Jane Goodall died today at 91. Hope, she argued, is not merely “passive wishful thinking” but a “crucial survival trait.” Revisit a conversation with Goodall, from 2021: nyer.cm/F55JtsS

An image of Jane Goodall and a chimpanzee, from 1965. Photo courtesy CBS Photo Archive / Getty.

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Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 17d

It’s disturbing that #Marineland wants export permits to ship 30 surviving belugas to a theme park in China! Transport is stressful & dangerous—plus they could be bred or forced to perform in shows, which has been banned in Canada ⚠️🐳 #CdnPoli

Marineland asks federal government for permission to export remaining belugas | CBC News

A federal government official has confirmed with CBC News that the now-closed Ontario theme park Marineland has filed paperwork seeking to export its remaining 30 belugas, and a Chinese theme park say...

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Animal Justice @animal-justice.bsky.social · 16d

🐳 BREAKING: #Marineland has applied to export all of its remaining belugas to a theme park in China—where there are NO animal protection laws. The belugas could be bred or used in shows, which are ILLEGAL under Canadian law. Take action! ➡️ bit.ly/4nhHEsC #CdnPoli

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OrcaSOS @orcasos.bsky.social · 16d

The Curious Case of 'Old Thom,' an Orca Traveling Alone in the North Atlantic
SmithsonianMag.com
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“The orca’s seemingly solitary, docile existence has perplexed scientists from coast to coast who long ago deemed killer whales to be highly social beings.”

The Curious Case of 'Old Thom,' an Orca Traveling Alone in the North Atlantic

Sightings of the marine mammal captivate the public and baffle scientists

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OrcaSOS @orcasos.bsky.social · 16d

Watch: Endangered orca pod makes rare visit to Tacoma area with newborn calf
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CR Wildlife Photography (Cindi)💚💙 @crphotography.bsky.social · 29d

T137 Bigg's orcas going under Deception Pass Bridge 9/10.

#orcas #killerwhales #wildlifephotography #photography #PNW #deceptionpass

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OrcaSOS @orcasos.bsky.social · Sep 7

Orcas are ramming boats again and scientists now think it’s a game
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Experts say the whales seem to learn to play with boats from a young age. "Believe me: if they wanted to sink the boats, they'd be sinking the boat."
#Iberian #orcas

Orcas are ramming boats again and scientists now think it’s a game — National Geographic

Experts say the whales seem to learn to play with boats from a young age.

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Orca Behavior Institute @orcabehaviorinstitute.org · 18d

Over this past weekend, we saw more than 50 different individual orcas from three different populations, all within the central Salish Sea!

We have so much to share, we will have to take it in pieces. For starters, here's our weekend's "Bigg's Backlit Blows" series 🤩

#whalesky #killerwhales

T65A5 Indy and T75B3 Rubble in San Juan Channel on 9/20

T65A5 Indy in solo pursuit of a harbor seal in President Channel on 9/21

The T75Bs and T137s in Spieden Channel on 9/21

The T75Bs in New Channel on 9/21 - it was much easier to see the blows than the whales! Did you even notice there are two dorsal fins in this photo?

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Jackie Bigford (JackiesBuzz) 🍁 🇨🇦 @jackiebigford.bsky.social · 18d

A young pod of orcas displaying play behaviour topple and sink boat of the coast of Portugal 🐋⛵

#whales #orcas #oceans #nature

UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 18d

Two boats were rammed by a pod of young #orcas recently off the coast of Portugal. One of the boats sank. Experts say it was play behaviour, but the #whales caused quite the fright. www.cbc.ca/player/play/... via @cbcnews.ca

Young orcas ram boats off Portugal's coast, sinking one

Two boats were rammed by a pod of young orcas recently off the coast of Portugal. One of the boats sank. Experts say it was play behaviour, but the whales caused quite the fright.

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Robb Edwards 🌱 @robedwards1.bsky.social · 18d

Stop a loud turbine from being put in the critical habitat of #endangered #KillerWhales! #orcas

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A Giant Tidal Turbine Will Doom Endangered Orcas

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CR Wildlife Photography (Cindi)💚💙 @crphotography.bsky.social · 18d

Made a very special trip up to Howe Sound to visit with the Northern Resident Killer Whales. We saw the A25s and A42s. The large male is A61 Surge! :)
#orcas #Vancouver #Killerwhales #NorthernResdidents #NaturePhotography #Whales

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Hugh Harrop @hughharrop.bsky.social · 22d

ORCAS!!! A few clips of the '65s' Northern Isles community Orcas - including 'Busta' the huge adult bull - hunting close inshore here in Shetland this summer. Enjoying life as nature intended - in the ocean and not in a swimming pool.

#MarineLife #MarineMammals #CetaceansUK #UKWildlife

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OrcaSOS @orcasos.bsky.social · Sep 7

Orcas are ramming boats again and scientists now think it’s a game
apple.news/AJoqKJSujSNm...
Experts say the whales seem to learn to play with boats from a young age. "Believe me: if they wanted to sink the boats, they'd be sinking the boat."
#Iberian #orcas

Orcas are ramming boats again and scientists now think it’s a game — National Geographic

Experts say the whales seem to learn to play with boats from a young age.

apple.news

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Cetacean Action Treasury @cetaceanaction.bsky.social · Sep 4

#Vaquita porpoise survey team effort includes
🎙️🌊 Hydrophones checked daily for underwater presence
🎮🔭 Drones & hi power binox for surfacing animals
17 members of the Vaquita Marina Community Observer Group from San Felipe with support of Pronatura Noroeste, CEDO & CONANP

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