Questions, questions, questions

An open letter to William Elgar, Director of Zoo Miami and President of IMATA Dear Mr. Elgar, We don’t know each other, though I suspect we may have met during one of the IAAPA zoo and aquarium sessions. Professionally, I write gushing articles for a … Continue reading Where there’s a Will, there’s a way

by guest contributor Valerie Greene On August 15, 2023, the Miami Seaquarium issued a press release stating that the park’s lone killer whale Lolita, AKA Tokitae (Toki) was “very stable and as good as she can be at 50 years of age.” Three days later, … Continue reading How government, a park owner, and animal rights opportunists collaborated on an endangered whale. And failed.

Sloppy reporting or something fishy?

Oh boy. Here we go again.

UPDATE 10/11/2024: Subsequent to the publication of this post, we spoke with Spencer Errickson, Unsafe Structures Section Supervisor with the Miami-Dade County Code Compliance Division. Mr. Errickson stated that since the citation was against another County department – Parks, Recreation, and Outdoor Spaces (PROS) – … Continue reading Two expirations: repair order on Whale Bowl and Tokitae

On 8 April 2016, SpaceX reached a milestone when, for the first time, a Falcon rocket launched into space returned to Earth and autonomously landed on a pad. That same day, Whale Sanctuary Project was incorporated in Washington D.C. In the time since then, SpaceX’s … Continue reading Milestones in saving whales

I’ve been staring at these photos of Penn Cove, taken August 8, 1970 by photojournalist Wallie Funk, courtesy Western Washington University. 53 years ago today. I’ve been staring at these images for three days now. I can’t stop. I know it’s impossible to know what’s … Continue reading I’ve been staring at these photos of Penn Cove for days and it makes me worry