Marineland’s last-ditch effort to get injunction to keep killer whale fails

From the Niagara Falls Review: Lawyers for Marineland hoped an 11th hour temporary injunction would block the return of one of its two killer whales to SeaWorld Friday. The injunction, however, was denied by a U.S. district court judge and that led to the dramatic transport of the 1,815-kilogram killer whale Ikaika Saturday night. More…

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Some postings on Marineland losing Ikaika

The rest of the posts today, and a couple tomorrow will be on the news that Marineland shipped Ikaika back to SeaWorld San Diego. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again. If Marineland loses all of their Killer Whales (if Kiska dies), it will be a huge loss! Whale leaves Marineland for San…

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Canadian park sues SeaWorld to keep killer whale

From the Orlando Sentinel: The Canadian theme park Marineland has sued SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment in U.S. court, in the latest chapter of an international custody battle over a killer whale. In its lawsuit, filed last week in Orlando, Marineland asks a federal court judge to issue an injunction that would prevent SeaWorld from retaking…

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Send killer whale back to Florida, court tells Marineland

From the Toronto Star: Ontario’s Court of Appeal has upheld a lower court decision ordering Marineland to return a killer whale to the Florida water park that loaned it out. In July, an Ontario Superior Court judge ordered the Niagara Falls amusement park to return Ikaika, a 9-year-old male orca, to SeaWorld, the Orlando, Fla.-based…

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Custody of killer whale plays out in court

Another great article about the Marinlenad/SeaWorld court case, this time from the Toronto Star: Ikaika, an eight-year-old male killer whale at Marineland in Niagara Falls, is the equivalent of a troubled teenager. He is full of sexual energy, has a violent family tree and a pattern of aggressive behaviour that often leaves him swimming alone….

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Give us back our big baby: Marine park in bizarre tug-of-love case over 17-foot killer whale

From the UK Daily Mail: Two theme parks are waging an international custody dispute in court – over a 17-foot killer whale. SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida, is demanding the return of Ikaika, a two-tonne, captive-born orca that it sent to Marineland in Niagara Falls, Canada, in 2006. But Marineland has defied the call – and…

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Marineland ordered to return killer whale to SeaWorld

Marineland has been out of the news for a few years now. I occasionally see a very small group of protestors outside the park, but other than that, it’s been quiet. That all changed this week when a lawsuit and court decision came to light about the male Orca whale they have on loan from…

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Killer Whales: Tanks and Tensions

This isn’t really Niagara Falls related, but it does involve Killer/Orca Whales, which of course ties into Marineland. It seems that Marineland has stayed under the radar this year when it comes to their whales. I haven’t heard of many (if any) protests. I thought there might be more coverage after the tragedy at SeaWorld…

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Trainers safe from killer whales at Marineland

From the Niagara Falls Review: The death of a SeaWorld trainer who was attacked by a killer whale Wednesday has little chance of happening at Marineland in Niagara Falls, a company spokeswoman said. That’s because Marineland stopped performances with trainers and whales 12 years ago with the opening of its viewing facility Friendship Cove. “We…

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