End Killer Whale Captivity

Center for Whale Research debut new website

Sat, 11 May 2013 19:55:00 -0400

Center for Whale Research debut new website:

The Center for Whale Research have a brand spanking new website with loads more information and photos.

They’re also offering annual memberships. I’ve just purchased mine!

Photo

Sat, 11 May 2013 18:58:08 -0400

blackfishsound: orca by ~knigjes Transient off the coast of...

Sat, 11 May 2013 18:09:19 -0400

blackfishsound:

orca by ~knigjes

Transient off the coast of Monterey

New Facebook page about Northern Resident orcas

Sat, 11 May 2013 18:01:55 -0400

New Facebook page about Northern Resident orcas:

A new FB page by the makers of the SWG website that plans to track the habits and movements of Northern Resident orcas.

marinemammalblog: Pod of Killer Whales by biuuu on Flickr.

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:55:09 -0400

marinemammalblog:

Pod of Killer Whales by biuuu on Flickr.

Photo

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:48:59 -0400

ilovethewhales: jump!

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:40:56 -0400

ilovethewhales:

jump!

cleithracara: J-2 Granny, female (est. 1911). Granny is...

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:21:52 -0400

cleithracara:

J-2 Granny, female (est. 1911). Granny is believed to be the oldest female in J, K, and L pods. She plays a very active role in the community by acting as a babysitter for many of the young calves.

Photo

Tue, 07 May 2013 16:53:08 -0400

Hugo's Necropsy report is now online.

Tue, 07 May 2013 16:43:39 -0400

Hugo's Necropsy report is now online.:

Hugo’s necropsy (animal autopsy) report is now available to read online. It doesn’t go into much detail. It basically says ‘well we think he died from an aneurysm but we’re not sure’.

SeaWorld claim Tillikum was "rescued" from fishing nets.

Mon, 06 May 2013 00:15:14 -0400

SeaWorld claim Tillikum was "rescued" from fishing nets.

"Why the fuck would you love an animal that killed three people? I love SeaWorld, I love the whales,..."

Thu, 02 May 2013 21:41:00 -0400

“Why the fuck would you love an animal that killed three people? I love SeaWorld, I love the whales, but I’d rather that stupid beast take a bullet to the melon in the name of God. I don’t even understand why you care about it. Why don’t you just go pet him, see how fast your arm get’s taken off and eaten!””

- -Quote on Shit-Pro-Caps-Say about Tillikum. What is wrong with some people.

okay but why's gwen privating her tumblr and removing all her videos from youtube? (same anon)

Thu, 02 May 2013 01:19:00 -0400

We finally spoke to her last night. She just want’s to take a break from everything. She said she doesn’t want to come back to Tumblr or Youtube, at least for the foreseeable future anyway.

Deadly cat feces killing thousands of marine mammals

Thu, 02 May 2013 00:19:11 -0400

Deadly cat feces killing thousands of marine mammals:

If you have an indoor cat, please do not flush its litter down the toilet. A recent study found that a parasite in cat feces contributes to the death of around 5,000 marine mammals every year.

Caitlin's Blog: I'd like to clear a few things up

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:04:00 -0400

Caitlin's Blog: I'd like to clear a few things up:

cetaceancaitlin:

endkillerwhalecaptivity:

freedomforwhales:

cetaceancaitlin:

as to what happened today. To be honest, I could really give a shit less whether or not people like me or not, but I don’t want people disliking me for untrue reasons. Yesterday, I was looking through my followers pages and I stumbled upon a video someone made of some comments Gwen said on…

Ok so I’ve got my emotions under control now from earlier, so I’m much calmer than before. I want to apologize if you felt attacked by what I said, but I just was very angry over the fact that people were still going on and on about the whole video incident after Gwen made it pretty clear that she was done with all of this mess.

I just wanna point out that there are not any double standards here with a few points:

Gwen has since apologized (which you’ve been told) and obviously has changed as a person since then. Carly has not done either of these things.

Gwen has simply called Carly out when she has started trolling and anti cap Tumblr users (mostly just Gwen), while Carly has only stalked and personally attacked her, especially with anonymous messages (Gwen had used a know-anon proxy to figure out if it really was Carly that was sending her all of the hateful anon messages she had been receiving on a daily basis)

Gwen has personally reached out to Carly privately multiple times,but to no avail. Carly continues to harass her in an obsessive manner.

You certainly are entitled to your own opinions on the rest of this stuff you say, but comparing Carly and Gwen as a double standard really isn’t right. They are nothing alike whatsoever, especially from the abuse I had seen when Carly had her Pro-Captivity blog, from the anon messages she has been receiving over these past couple months, and recently even from her Stealth-Whale blog that she has been using instead.

You can go ahead and block me or ignore me or whatever, I know you’re sick of me talking. I just wanted to get that out of the way, and now I am totally and 100% done with all of this crap.

^ Pretty much.

But you didn’t help matters. When Gwen mentioned self harm and suicide, instead of backing away from someone who is obviously going through a hard time, you decided to mock her statement, saying she was doing it for attention!! (really!!!).

Maybe people jumped at you, but remember a lot of what has been said, was said out of worry for our friend (who we have yet to hear from).

Just drop it will you (and Carly)

Actually, I only replied again when caong said something directly to me and I never once said she was doing it for attention, I said it was an over reaction.

I apologize for getting it wrong and I’ve fixed the last post.

But still, telling someone who talks about killing themselves that they are overreacting is still a terrible thing to say. All that will do is make them feel ten times worse (which is not how you want a suicidal person to feel). You should have just not said anything and backed off.

I noticed that you still haven’t asked how Gwen is or said that you hope she’s ok. All you’re worried about is trying to defend yourself and Carly.

Freedom didn't deactivate any of her accounts! What are people talking about? She just made everything private. Don't people think before they spew lies?

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:43:40 -0400

When some people searched for her blog they couldn’t find it at first, so they thought it had been deleted, that’s all. It wasn’t ‘lies’, but a simple mistake.

Out of all the things said over the last few hours, it’s pretty pathetic to focus on such a little thing.

It’s disgusting that you are more worried about that than if Gwen is ok. What a lovely person you are.

Caitlin's Blog: I'd like to clear a few things up

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:30:00 -0400

Caitlin's Blog: I'd like to clear a few things up:

freedomforwhales:

cetaceancaitlin:

as to what happened today. To be honest, I could really give a shit less whether or not people like me or not, but I don’t want people disliking me for untrue reasons. Yesterday, I was looking through my followers pages and I stumbled upon a video someone made of some comments Gwen said on…

Ok so I’ve got my emotions under control now from earlier, so I’m much calmer than before. I want to apologize if you felt attacked by what I said, but I just was very angry over the fact that people were still going on and on about the whole video incident after Gwen made it pretty clear that she was done with all of this mess.

I just wanna point out that there are not any double standards here with a few points:

Gwen has since apologized (which you’ve been told) and obviously has changed as a person since then. Carly has not done either of these things.

Gwen has simply called Carly out when she has started trolling and anti cap Tumblr users (mostly just Gwen), while Carly has only stalked and personally attacked her, especially with anonymous messages (Gwen had used a know-anon proxy to figure out if it really was Carly that was sending her all of the hateful anon messages she had been receiving on a daily basis)

Gwen has personally reached out to Carly privately multiple times,but to no avail. Carly continues to harass her in an obsessive manner.

You certainly are entitled to your own opinions on the rest of this stuff you say, but comparing Carly and Gwen as a double standard really isn’t right. They are nothing alike whatsoever, especially from the abuse I had seen when Carly had her Pro-Captivity blog, from the anon messages she has been receiving over these past couple months, and recently even from her Stealth-Whale blog that she has been using instead.

You can go ahead and block me or ignore me or whatever, I know you’re sick of me talking. I just wanted to get that out of the way, and now I am totally and 100% done with all of this crap.

^ Pretty much.

But you didn’t help matters. When Gwen mentioned self harm and suicide, instead of backing away from someone who is obviously going through a hard time, you decided to mock her statement, saying she was ~~doing it for attention!! (really!!!).~~ Overreacting.

Maybe people jumped at you, but remember a lot of what has been said, was said out of worry for our friend (who we have yet to hear from).

Just drop it will you (and Carly)

freedomforwhales: Possibly one of my favorite orca pictures of...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:09:00 -0400

freedomforwhales:

Possibly one of my favorite orca pictures of all time.

This is a Russian Orca, I can’t remember its name but the photo is by T Ivanovoich.

Team Orkid: A friend of mine wrote this on her FB page and I thought I should post it here too

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 18:36:20 -0400

Team Orkid: A friend of mine wrote this on her FB page and I thought I should post it here too:

teamorkid:

“I feel the need to express something in a VERY serious manner due to some recent events that have occurred on Facebook and other sites i.e. Tumblr and Twitter.

A very dear friend of mine and advocate who is passionate about educating people about captivity and its effects on cetaceans has been bullied to the point of deactivating her accounts and any way of getting in contact with her. She has been through some extremely tough times in her life, said things that she has apologized and made up for, and is still harassed everyday by people who do not agree with her, even to the point of getting the law involved. Now I as well as other friends and advocates are unable to get a hold of her, and we are all sitting in our perspective areas wondering if she is ok.

PLEASE, whether you are pro- or anti- keep in mind that EVERYONE sitting behind their computer screen is a real person! Everyone is capable of feeling hurt, pain, anger, frustration, and any other emotion when it comes to topics as controversial as this one is. If someone is saying things just to get a rise out of you, log off of your account or delete their comment altogether. Over anything, keep yourselves safe!

Thank you.”

Source: Shamu Cam Look Out (Anti-cap)

miss-rhapsody: 6 killer whales stranded in Iceland Faroe...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:29:00 -0400

miss-rhapsody:

6 killer whales stranded in ~~Iceland~~ Faroe Islands

Two - one of them was a calf - already died.

Find more information and pics here (icelandic link).