Hello pod, this is your matriarch KIT speaking ^^

First of all, I wish you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR 2015! Best of luck and health to you, and give your best to make it count! I also hope you had peaceful Christmas festivities!

Second, a little community update: One of my resolutions is to use less internet for various reasons, so please expect less updates this year and slower add backs and comments, etc. I will not abandon this group, I will just check it in very lose intervalls.
Thanks for your understanding.


Captivity & dolphin/whale hunts

SeaWorld Stock Closes At Lowest Point Ever After Virgin America Cuts Ties: https://www.thedodo.com/virgin-amer.....763872107.html
This Map Shows Where Dolphins Captured at the Cove in 2013 Were Sold: http://www.takepart.com/article/201.....2013-were-sold
The Fate of Russia’s Two Captive Orcas is Starting to Look a lot Like SeaWorld: http://www.onegreenplanet.org/http:.....like-seaworld/
Former Orca Hunter Releases Rare Footage Of Whale Captures: https://www.thedodo.com/wild-orca-c.....826469277.html


Wild cetaceans & environment

Super trawlers set to be banned from Australian waters permanently under Federal Government regulations: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-.....nently/5987854
Conservationists call for 'critically endangered' status for Oman's humpback whales: http://www.menafn.com/1094057548/Co.....umpback-whales
Oldest Orca Mom On Record Gives Birth To A Brand New Baby: https://www.thedodo.com/new-orca-ca.....907263497.html
A rare and spectacular sighting of the elusive Type D Antarctic orca: https://www.facebook.com/OrcaAware/.....25123154201463
Killer Whales Learn How to Speak Dolphin: http://news.discovery.com/animals/w.....hin-141008.htm
Cetaceans have Magnetic Sense: http://mainenewsonline.com/content/.....ic-sense-study
Breeding program needed to save Irrawaddy dolphin: http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/na.....y-dolphin.html
Whale escapes Sweden after five-hour ordeal: http://www.thelocal.se/20141223/wha.....ve-hour-ordeal


Fun & education
New Pokemon game Alpha Sapphire features Orca pokemon: http://www.nintendo.com/games/detai.....fm5YJHaMK-zgh7
A beautiful, free downloadable 2015 calendar from Russian Orcas (PDF): https://www.dropbox.com/s/17pjef3lp.....endar.pdf?dl=0
Dolphins are six million years older than we thought: http://www.dolphin-way.com/2014/11/.....#axzz3NgBoUTNH



See you next time!
- aza