cetaceans

Hello Zoochat! To everyone who may have enjoyed some of my other trip reports including the Madagascar one I posted here: Madagascar Madness: My epic 6-week trip to Madagascar I now present a trip report I'm very proud of, for a 13 person group trip I organized to The Azores in search of...

Noticed that American Humane revoked its accreditation to Miami Seaquarium and the AZA delisted the facility from its Pathway Towards Membership program. However MSQ still proudly waves its AMMPA banner. AMMPA claims to hold inspections every five years, but they don't state when their last...

A recent paper which it seems was not much discussed here on Zoochat: Survival improvements of marine mammals in zoological institutions mirror historical advances in human longevity Abstract An intense public debate has fuelled governmental bans on marine mammals held in zoological...

This is my first population list, so I kind of don't know what I'm doing, but this is supposed to be a list of all of the bottlenose dolphins living at facilities in the United States. I will list if they are Atlantic, Pacific, or Hybrid. This will exclude the Navy Dolphins. As of today...

Vintage, undated postcard seen at a local antique store.

I've been looking up pictures on this site of Dolphin and Whale exhibits and, while some have good quality, a lot look small to house these animals. Are there any large, natural Cetacean exhibits? P.S. I'm not on the side of ill-informed organizations Like IDA, or PETA. I think we can house...

Inspired by Bronx Zoo Fan's excellent reporting on AZA elephant and polar bear exhibits, I thought it might be beneficial and interesting to create a catalogue of global cetacean exhibits and record their volume, collection, and, if available, their date of opening. Feel free to add any...

River dolphins have not fared well in captivity! It seems over 100 amazon river dolphins were imported to the western world in the 1970's, and what do we have to show for it? 1.0 at zoo duisburg, this male is aging and his companion died back in 2006. The last river dolphin in the...

I was wondering whether they are or not, because all I can find on their website is stuff against whaling and Lolita in captivity (which can be called a one-off as many pro-captivists would like to see her moved). Anyone know? I would be interested in getting involved if they weren't, but...

This is basically a stand alone posting regrading the web site I started to published some six months or so. It continues to grow and develop with the introduction of Lightbox onto the site so that photos and scans of guide books and press cutting should be easier to view. I am particular...