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Dramatic killer whale encounter: German Sailboat suffers damaged rudder and water leak in Orca Attack off Spanish coast

NUMEROUS orca interactions, ranging in severity, are reported monthly along the coast of Spain, with nearly 20 incidents occurring off the northwestern coast since mid-August.

15 Sep, 2023 @ 08:00

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‘If they had wanted to sink us, I would have been swimming home’: Captain of orca attack yacht dismisses revenge theory

A SPATE of orca attacks on yachts entering the Strait of Gibraltar has sparked fierce debate and wild theories about what is behind it. Researchers

6 Jun, 2023 @ 17:15

Andalucia·Gibraltar·Lead

Third killer whale dies at Spain’s Tenerife Loro Parque

ANOTHER ‘orca’ killer whale has died in captivity at Tenerife’s Loro Parque, says campaign group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). On Thursday,

17 Sep, 2022 @ 17:17

Lead·Other News

Drug smugglers in Spain's Andalucia lied about orca attack to cover up hashish shipment from Morocco

Drug smugglers in Spain’s Andalucia lie about orca attack to cover up hashish shipment from Morocco

The Policia Nacional have arrested hashish smugglers who sailed from Morocco and lied about their boat being attacked by orca whales. Two people have been

11 Feb, 2022 @ 15:00

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Ministerio de Transportes, Movilidad y Agenda Urbana

Yachts banned from stretch of coast in southern Spain after recent spate of killer whale attacks

SPAIN has once again ordered small vessels to avoid sailing in a stretch of coast that is being terrorised by a rogue pod of killer

9 Aug, 2021 @ 17:00

Cadiz·Environment·Lead

VIDEO: Shocking footage of stressed SeaWorld-owned orca slamming its head against gate in Tenerife

Ric O'Barry's Dolphin Project released the footage of the SeaWorld-owned orca at Loro Parque in Tenerife

28 Apr, 2016 @ 17:49

Environment

Animal rights activists protest over whale treatment at Tenerife marine park

The park houses six orcas, four on loan from America’s SeaWorld, one born in captivity and one given over by Dutch authorities

4 Sep, 2015 @ 11:39

Environment