Whale Wednesday: Spotlight on Tilikum

Whale Wednesday: Spotlight on Tilikum

This is probably one of the most difficult blogs to write, especially as there is so much controversy surrounding this one particular whale. However, I'm not just going to skip over him, because he's a whale in captivity, after all... and that's what this blog series is about! This week on Whale Wednesday, we're looking [...]

Whale Wednesday: Spotlight on Ulises

Whale Wednesday: Spotlight on Ulises

Welcome to this week's instalment of Whale Wednesday! This week, we're looking at our first male of the series, the rather impressive Ulises! At 38 years of age and measuring 19 feet long and weighing a whopping 9,570 lbs, Ulises is the oldest male orca in captivity, and is only dwarfed by one killer whale [...]

Whale Wednesday: Spotlight on Kiska

Whale Wednesday: Spotlight on Kiska

Hello and welcome to the first Whale Wednesday blog of 2016! Here's to hoping that this list doesn't grow this year at all! This week, we're looking at the life of an orca who is currently the only orca in captivity in Canada. Meet Kiska, yet another lonely killer whale who has no other orca [...]