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Sam Lipman, 32, & Ken Balcomb, 82, devoted their lives to whales

December 18, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Balcomb spent more than 50 years in the cause,  Lipman just 15,  but both left a mark             FRIDAY HARBOR, Washington; CRAWLEY, West Sussex, U.K.––Self-described “orcaholics” Samantha “Sam” Lipman,  32,  and Ken Balcomb,  82,  half a world and 50 years apart,  died on November 29,  2022 and December 15,  2022,  […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Marine life, Marine mammals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, USA, Whales & dolphins Tagged With: Free Morgan!, Free Willy!, Howard Garrett, Keiko, Loro Parque, Merritt Clifton, Miami Seaquarium, SeaWorld

Marine mammal activist Mark “The Bermanator” Berman, 63

May 18, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

Helped to lead campaigns against dolphin captivity & Taiji massacres,  & for dolphin-safe tuna & freeing Keiko Mark Ira Berman,  63,  the primary spokesperson for Earth Island Institute on marine mammal issues since 1991,  died on May 13,  2016. E-mailed Mark J. Palmer,   an Earth Island Institute colleague for more than 25 years,  “Mark had chronic […]

Filed Under: Advocacy, Animal organizations, Asia/Pacific, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Japan, Marine life, Marine mammals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Pacific islands & other, Pacific rim, Sanctuaries, Screen industry, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: David Phillips, Keiko, Mark Berman, Merritt Clifton, Ric O'Barry, The Bermanator

SeaWorld ends Shamu’s sex life

March 18, 2016 By Merritt Clifton

But SeaWorld will still have orcas for years to come          ORLANDO,  Florida;  SAN DIEGO,  California;  PENN COVE,  Washington–– Acceding to the apparent inevitable,  SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. president and chief executive officer Joel Manby on March 17,  2016 announced an end to 32 years of SeaWorld efforts to breed orca whales. “Times have changed, and we […]

Filed Under: Activism, Advocacy, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Laws & politics, Marine life, Marine mammals, Religion & philosophy, Screen industry, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Dawn Brancheau, Don Goldsberry, Joel Canby, Keiko, Lolita, Merritt Clifton, Moby Doll, Namu, Shamu, Ted Griffin, Tilikum, Wayne Pacelle

Could SeaWorld survive if founded today?

November 16, 2015 By Merritt Clifton

In quest of aquatic novelty          SAN DIEGO,  ORLANDO,  SAN ANTONIO––A false alarm that SeaWorld San Diego might phase out orca exhibitions in early November 2015 upstaged word that would-be aquarium magnate Ammon Covino had been arrested––again––for wildlife trafficking. Even in San Antonio,  Texas,  where Ammon’s brother Vince Covino operates an aquarium almost in the […]

Filed Under: Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Top, Fish, Laws & politics, Marine life, Marine mammals, Seals, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife, Zoos Tagged With: Ammon Covino, Depoe Bay Aquarium, Keiko, Sea Lion Caves, SeaWorld, Vincent Covino

Dirty Pool, part 3: Keiko

January 28, 1995 By Merritt Clifton

by Merritt Clifton January/February 1995 I had not planned to write a third part of my “Dirty Pool” series on propaganda interfering with marine mammal protection,  but as the second part went to press on November 22,  1994,  Warner Brothers and New Regency Productions donated $2 million to a new Free Willy/Keiko Foundation formed by Earth […]

Filed Under: Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Marine mammals Tagged With: Center for Whale Research, Keiko, Merritt Clifton, Reino Aventura, SeaWorld

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