Let Morgan go home!
On June 23, 2010, Morgan, a young female orca, was found emaciated in the Wadden Sea off the coast of the Netherlands.
The Dolfinarium Harderwijk in the Netherlands captured her and transported her to its facility under a permit that specifically provided for her recovery so that she could eventually be released back into the wild. She recovered at the dolphinarium in just a few months.
While she was recovering, a group of experts—the Free Morgan Foundation—compared her unique calls to those of other orcas in the region and found that she most likely belonged to an orca population in the Norwegian Sea. The foundation developed a detailed plan for her rehabilitation, with the intent of reintroducing her to her family.
But Morgan was never released back into the wild. Instead, she was shipped off to Loro Parque, a marine park in Tenerife, Spain, that has connections to notorious orca abuser SeaWorld, which now claims to own her.
Morgan is still living there in a small concrete tank, alongside other orcas on loan from SeaWorld. These intelligent animals are denied everything that is natural and important to them and forced to perform for tourists.
Time and time again, experts have identified health problems and psychological distress in the orcas at Loro Parque. All of them have broken and worn teeth from biting on the sides of the tanks. Some have rake marks all over their bodies from painful attacks by incompatible animals or mucus dripping from their eyes. They float on the surface of the water, bored and listless, exhibiting behavior unheard of among wild orcas.
Help get Morgan home!
Sign a petition telling the Spanish government that the orcas imprisoned by SeaWorld and Loro Parque should be transferred to a coastal sanctuary, where Morgan can be rehabilitated for potential reintroduction to her home and family and the other five orcas from Loro Parque can live in as natural a setting as possible.
PETITION: Let Morgan go home!
The Dolfinarium Harderwijk in the Netherlands captured her and transported her to its facility under a permit that specifically provided for her recovery so that she could eventually be released back into the wild. She recovered at the dolphinarium in just a few months.
While she was recovering, a group of experts—the Free Morgan Foundation—compared her unique calls to those of other orcas in the region and found that she most likely belonged to an orca population in the Norwegian Sea. The foundation developed a detailed plan for her rehabilitation, with the intent of reintroducing her to her family.
But Morgan was never released back into the wild. Instead, she was shipped off to Loro Parque, a marine park in Tenerife, Spain, that has connections to notorious orca abuser SeaWorld, which now claims to own her.
Morgan is still living there in a small concrete tank, alongside other orcas on loan from SeaWorld. These intelligent animals are denied everything that is natural and important to them and forced to perform for tourists.
Time and time again, experts have identified health problems and psychological distress in the orcas at Loro Parque. All of them have broken and worn teeth from biting on the sides of the tanks. Some have rake marks all over their bodies from painful attacks by incompatible animals or mucus dripping from their eyes. They float on the surface of the water, bored and listless, exhibiting behavior unheard of among wild orcas.
Help get Morgan home!
Sign a petition telling the Spanish government that the orcas imprisoned by SeaWorld and Loro Parque should be transferred to a coastal sanctuary, where Morgan can be rehabilitated for potential reintroduction to her home and family and the other five orcas from Loro Parque can live in as natural a setting as possible.
PETITION: Let Morgan go home!
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