“The sea is a very boring place for an animal,” researcher Renaud de Stephanis, president of Spain's Conservación, Información y Estudio sobre Cetáceos, said.
A groundbreaking new report from the International Whaling Commission (IWC) seeks to explain the reason behind the killer whale attacks off the coast of the Iberian Peninsula — and what mariners should do to deter them
Killer whales have destroyed the rudders of more than 600 boats off the coast of Portugal, Spain and Morocco. Now researchers believe they know why the orcas are attacking.
WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Alexis Martinez worked with orcas for several years and was used to handling the whales but one Christmas, Keto acted in a way never seen by his trainers before.
Keto the orca was born in captivity and had lived in water parks in San Diego, Ohio, Texas and the Canary Islands, until he brutally attacked his trainer Alexis Martínez
Orcas, also known as killer whales, are mammals protected under International law, which means it is illegal to take any action that could potentially harm or disturb them.
Killer Move A New Zealand man, probably drunk out of his mind, did an ungraceful belly flop from a boat in an attempt to "body slam" an adult male orca swimming next to the vessel, NBC News reports. In an Instagram video of the incident,…
A New Zealand man has been fined over a social media video in which he tries to “body slam” an orca swimming next to his boat, in what officials called “stupid” and “extremely irresponsible” behavior.
A man has been fined for his "shocking and stupid attitude" after he was filmed trying to 'body slam' a killer whale - forcing a calf to move away from where it was swimming