marineland

Hello, My father was the first curator at Marineland Morecambe. We've been going through things he kept and there's a lot of Marineland items, such as newspaper cuttings, correspondence about obtaining the animals, photographs and publicity materials. Would anyone know if there is somewhere...

Previous thread is here: Captive Orca Population Due to the old thread getting quite large, I have created a new thread to keep track of the Global Captive Killer Whale Population. The purpose of this thread is to document the births, deaths, and transfers of killer whales from facilities...

Since covid I haven't been top thrift stores as much do I've bought a couple items on ebay to fulfill my treasure hunting urge. Suffice to say I've picked up some old view master slides from African Lion Safari and Marineland and Game Farm. Wish I could share pics but not really feasible. Anyway...

Does anyone remember Marineland having an Aquarium? I was last there fifteen possibly twenty years ago but I vaguely remember a row of tanks with large varieties of fish possibly Pacu and Tilapia. Does anyone else remember this possibly in more detail. This isn't in reference to the failed...

On November 20th 2013 a new orca calf was born to second time mother Wikie at Marineland Antibes. Its father is unknown however it is strongly suspected that the father is Wikies half brother, Valentin. This brings the number of orcas in captivity up to 53, and with the recent addition of 8...

I just finished writing an article on: Cleethorpes Zoo and Marineland I thought it may be of interest to some readers. Though it does not go into great depth it does fill in some of the gaps in the history of the collection. Peter Dickinson Blog: Zoo News Digest ZooNews Digest Zoo Jobs...

Two polar bears have arrived at marineland from Nuremberg zoo, Flocke and Rasputin arrived 23rd April, and are to be installed in Europes only salt water pool. Flocke ist gut angekommen

Male Californian Sea Lion during one of the two daily shows at Marineland...

Kelly the 38 year old Common Dolphin performing a jump trick in her home, during one of the two daily shows at Marineland... She is the last Dolphin in captivity in NZ and there are no plans to replace her...

In the tank in the foreground a fully grown 200 kg NZ Fur Seal is kept, the rear tank contains a 240 kg male Californian Sea Lion which later performed in a show...

This exhibit is the permanent home to two female Californian Sea Lions...

This is the flower of 1964 Dolphinaria technology... It now holds one very elderly Common Dolphin, Kelly, 38, the last Dolphin in captivity in NZ (there are no plans to replace her)... Believe it or not this pool at one point held up to 11 Dolphins..!