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