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SeaWorld's IPO and the Third Question of Conscience

Matthew Spiegl | Posted 04.19.2013 | Green
Read More: Cetaceans, Loro Parque, Stock Market, Morgan, Marine Mammal Protection Act, International Law, Whales, Netherlands, Ingrid Visser, World News, Killer Whales, Video, Dolfinarium, Cites, Wall Street, Seaworld, Captivity, Humane Treatment of Animals, Business News, Sam Simon, Orcas, Ocean Conservation, Spain, Ocean, Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Blackfish, Friedrich Nietzsche, Green News
Matthew Spiegl

Would you buy a conflict diamond, purchase a slave, or bank dividends from Auschwitz? Of course you wouldn't -- those are all questions of conscience...

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Strikes, Bites and Blood: The Graphic Case for Releasing Morgan, the Wild-Born Orca, from Captivity

Matthew Spiegl | Posted 01.08.2013 | Green
Read More: Video, Loro Parque, Orcas, Morgan, International Law, Captivity, Netherlands, Humane Treatment of Animals, Ingrid Visser, Seaworld, World News, Ocean Conservation, Killer Whales, Dolfinarium, Whales, Ocean, Green News, Cetaceans, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Spain, Prince Albert II of Monaco, Amsterdam, Green News
Matthew Spiegl

For the young female orca known as Morgan, the brutal bullying by the other orcas at Loro Parque is the sad reality she faces for the rest of her life unless a court in the Netherlands intervenes.

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Free Morgan: The Ocean Wants Her Orca Back

Matthew Spiegl | Posted 12.12.2012 | Green
Read More: International Law, Killer Whales, Spain, Orcas, Whales, Humane Treatment of Animals, Netherlands, Ocean, Captivity, Cetaceans, Ocean Conservation, World News, Loro Parque, Morgan, Nakai, Ingrid Visser, Seaworld, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Dolfinarium, Video, Green News
Matthew Spiegl

Morgan's time in captivity doesn't preclude her from being retrained to live back in the wild, but as her court case lingers longer and longer, each day of delay condemns her to a life that is not life.

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Rescued Dutch Whale 'Lost Her Bid For Freedom,' Deemed Not Safe In Wild

AP | By ARTHUR MAX | Posted 12.12.2011 | Green
Read More: Video, Whale Transfer, Loro Parque, Netherlands, Tenerife, Harderwijk Dolphinarium, Animals, Whales, Morgan Orca, Whale, Orca Whales, Green News

AMSTERDAM -- Morgan, a 4-year-old killer whale, has lost her bid for freedom. Agriculture Secretary Henk Bleker ruled Wednesday that the orca, rescue...

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Death At Loro Parque: The Risks Of Killer Whale Entertainment

Tim Zimmermann | Posted 09.18.2011 | Green
Read More: Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Seaworld, Loro Parque, Tilikum, Dawn Brancheau, Killer Whale, Canary Islands, Whale, Green News
Tim Zimmermann

Dawn Brancheau was the first SeaWorld trainer killed by a killer whale. But she wasn't the first trainer killed by a SeaWorld killer whale.

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WATCH: Adorable Baby Jaguars Born In Spain

The Huffington Post | Joanna Zelman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Video, Jaguar Twins, Jaguar Cubs, Loro Parque, Jaguar Babies, Animals, Tenerife, Cute Animal Videos, Baby Jaguars, Green News

It's crazy to think that these little cubs will soon grow to be part of the largest cat breed in the Americas. According to ZooBorns, these four-week ...

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