The closure of a marine zoo in the south of France has sparked intense debate over the future of inhabitants including orcas ...

Marineland, Europe’s largest marine park, closed its doors for good this Sunday after over 50 years of operation. Located in ...

A French marine park on Sunday closed down definitively over a 2021 law banning shows featuring marine mammals, leaving ...

Wikie and Keijo, the two remaining captive orcas in France, are set to move soon, but if that move is to a sanctuary is still ...

The closure of Marineland puts an end to a story that began when Count Roland Paulze d'Ivoy de La Poype -- a hero of World War II -- opened the park entirely dedicated to marine fauna based on ...

Marineland initially planned to send Wikie and Keijo to a marine park in Japan. This plan met with uproar from animal rights groups, which said the move would be harmful to their wellbeing ...

Antibes (France) (AFP) – A French marine park on Sunday closed down definitively over a 2021 law banning shows featuring marine mammals, leaving uncertain futures for the two last orcas in ...

Suhar: North Al Batinah Municipality has announced the completion of Shinas Marine Park, a vital project that aims to provide a ...

The legislation will go into effect next year. Following the closure, the marine park's workers and animal residents, including Wikie and Keijo, have uncertain futures. While Phillips agrees that ...