WIld dolphins swimming freely, demonstrating the highly evolved social, navigational, and physical behaviors that cannot be replicated in captivity. Licensed under Pixaby content license.

02Mar

Blog, Campaigns, Captivity Industry | Posts by : Helene O'Barry

Why Captive Dolphins are Nothing Like Having a Dog

Posts by : Helene O'Barry

I hear this comparison often: “I have a dog at home. My dog is happy, loved, and lives in my house. Isn’t

Rocky, Rambo and Johnny swim in the waters of the Bali Dolphin Sanctuary.

24Feb

Blog, Campaigns, Captivity Industry | Posts by : Cara Sands

Turning “Savings” Into “Saving”

Posts by : Cara Sands

For over 50 years (nearly 56 years to be exact!), Dolphin Project, and notably, our Founder/Director Ric O’Barry has been fighting the

Naya, who is the last survivor of three wild-caught orcas at Moskvarium in Russia, gave birth on December 29th 2023. The calf, a female, died just 28 days later, on January 26th. With the death of her daughter, Naya is once again all alone. Moskvarium opened to the public in August 2015 with a young male named Nord and two young female orcas named Narnia and Juliette. (”Juliette” was Naya’s previous stage name.) They were captured during the period 2012-2014, and both Narnia and Nord have since died. CREDIT: Moskvarium; Inherently Wild: https://inherentlywild.co.uk/najas-gallery/

18Feb

Blog, Campaigns, Captivity Industry | Posts by : Helene O'Barry

Wild-Caught Orcas: Captivity’s Lasting Toll

Posts by : Helene O'Barry

Orca captures in the United States, Canada, and Iceland stopped decades ago. But even after captures ended, the consequences continue to shape

After driving in a pod of wild bottlenose dolphins into the Cove, the mammals are wrangled under tarps to undergo “inspection” during captive selection, Taiji, Japan. C

12Feb

Blog, Campaigns, Japan | Posts by : Cara Sands

Anatomy of a Dolphin Capture

Posts by : Cara Sands

With Dolphin Project’s Cove Monitors on the ground in Taiji, Japan to close off the 2025-26 hunting season, we were able to

Beached on the concrete floor of the show stadium, this dolphin is forced into an environment completely unnatural for his abilities and behaviors. Lifelong confinement reduces these ocean-roaming predators to mere props for human entertainment. With everything science tells us about dolphins’ astounding intelligence, highly evolved communication skills, and complex foraging techniques, it is preposterous that it is still legal to confine them under such outdated and poor conditions. Credit: Waves Not Walls

10Feb

Blog, Campaigns, Captivity Industry | Posts by : Helene O'Barry

Captive Dolphins in Malta: No Science, No Ethics

Posts by : Helene O'Barry

In September 2025, Mediterraneo Marine Park in Malta underwent an official inspection. Months later, members of the Waves Not Walls campaign received

“Life” in captivity is no life at all, Taiji Whale Museum, Japan

07Feb

Blog, Campaigns, Captivity Industry | Posts by : Cara Sands

New Day, Same Dolphin Show

Posts by : Cara Sands

February 2 was Groundhog Day, a folksy tradition held in both Canada and the United States, where a groundhog is used to

Dolphins are driven into the Cove for slaughter or captive selection, Taiji, Japan

01Feb

Blog, Campaigns, Japan | Posts by : Cynthia Fernandez

Dolphin Project Returns to Taiji

Posts by : Cynthia Fernandez

For the remainder of the 2025-26 dolphin hunting season, Dolphin Project Cove Monitors are back on the ground in Taiji, Japan. Our

Wild orcas move through the ocean guided by their own knowledge, experience, and social bonds. This individual, part of a coordinated hunt, demonstrates strength, power, and purpose that can never exist in captivity. In marine parks, orcas are confined to concrete show arenas, their days dictated by training sessions and performances, their intelligence and skills reduced to routines for spectators. The raw vitality of a wild orca could not be more different from the controlled, predictable lives of those held in tanks.

28Jan

Blog, Campaigns, Captivity Industry | Posts by : Helene O'Barry

Space Between Us

Posts by : Helene O'Barry

I was on a boat off Norway in the winter when we were fortunate to see a pod of orcas. The sea

26Jan

Blog, Campaigns, Captivity Industry | Posts by : Cara Sands

Marineland Gets Conditional Approval to Export Mammals

Posts by : Cara Sands

Dolphin Project can confirm that on January 26, Canada’s Fisheries Minister, the Honorable Joanne Thompson, granted conditional approval to Marineland Canada to

Katina was made to perform and produce offspring at SeaWorld, all under the guise of teaching respect for nature. In truth, her life was spent in concrete tanks, far from her pod and the ocean off Iceland she was meant to call home. Credit: @cetabaker, Inherently Wild: https://inherentlywild.co.uk

14Jan

Blog, Campaigns, Captivity Industry | Posts by : Helene O'Barry

Katina: Half a Century Stolen

Posts by : Helene O'Barry

The captive orca Katina died at 50 at SeaWorld Orlando on December 20, 2025—half a century stolen. Her life stands as a testament to the wrongs

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