In captivity, whales breach the surface more ... some experts think speed could also be a factor. In the wild, killer whales swim on average 3 to 4 mph and can sprint at speeds up to 34 mph.

(CNN)-- I've spent more than 25 years making wildlife films, many of them about powerful and dangerous predators such as killer whales ... keeping wild animals in captivity for our entertainment ...

Both turned out to be wrong, and it was captivity that revealed the truth. Until the 1960s, research on cetaceans remained extremely limited. Most marine mammalogists worked in connection with ...

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Dolphins and other cetaceans suffer stress and anxiety when kept in captivity, particularly when there is no enrichment or when they are housed with incompatible animals. Medications are routinely ...

But the whales’ physical and emotional well-being, he grew to believe, was incompatible with captivity ... as close as you can get to a killer whale in dog form.

Fifty-two years after Lolita the killer whale entered captivity, the orca may return ... described as the smallest tank for captive killer whales in North America, per the outlet.

"Killer whales are highly social animals ... Keiko, the orca that starred in the 1993 move Free Willy, was rescued from captivity in 1996 before being taken to a bay in Iceland in 1998.

An curved arrow pointing right. The killer whale Tokitae, also known as Lolita, may finally be released after more than 50 years in captivity in the world's smallest orca enclosure. Billionaire ...

When the shows with killer whales resume Saturday at Orlando and ... The incident raises larger questions about the captivity of wild animals. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said ...

What is it like kayaking where killer whales swim? If you paddle in the ... However, this changes when orcas are kept in captivity, and there are multiple instances of captive orcas attacking ...

and false killer whales. Specifically, it would prohibit the breeding, wild capture, and import and export of these species for the purpose of public display. The bill would not prohibit the continued ...