Following recent uncertainty about Hong Kong Ocean Park’s future, The China Cetacean Alliance has teamed up with the Asia for Animals Coalition to ask the park to consider taking steps towards a more compassionate and sustainable model. The two groups, representing 26 animal welfare and conservation organisations and their many followers, have urged the […]
We are delighted to announce that CCA welcomes the Born Free Foundation as our new alliance member. We are proud to have an organisation with such a rich heritage and wealth of knowledge and experience joining us in our efforts to end cetacean captivity. If you have never read about BFF’s interesting history, then learn […]
BREAKING NEWS: We are proud to announce that we have just published a new edition of our report “OCEAN THEME PARKS: A Look Inside China’s Growing Captive Cetacean Industry – Second Edition 2019 “ The report, which is of interest to scientists and non-scientists alike, is the culmination of hard investigative work and research undertaken […]
BREAKING NEWS as Al Jazeera’s 101 East releases a 25 minute documentary on China’s marine park industry. China: Caging the Ocean’s Wild investigates the devastating cost of China’s expanding ocean theme parks on the world’s largest marine mammals. Showing shocking behind the scenes footage of cruel animal mistreatment, training methods, dead dolphins in freezers and seals […]
International Whale Shark Day 2018 The whale shark is the largest non-cetacean animal in the world in the sea and we at the China Cetacean Alliance celebrate International Whale SharkDay (August 30th) as an opportunity to raise awareness of the plight of these magnificent animals in captivity in aquarium’s throughout the world. Whale Sharks can […]
The CCA has stated its serious concerns in an open letter about the move of 14 Yangtze River (YR) finless porpoises from the safety of their reserves to Zuhai Chimelong Ocean Kingdom and Shanghai Haichang Polar Ocean World. The proposed move will harm the welfare of the individual dolphins involved and have no conservation value […]
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom starts its swim-with dolphins programme by using 9 dolphins. A China PADI diver participated in the pilot session. http://www.gd.chinanews.com/2017/2017-04-14/2/382472.shtml
A new aquarium will open the next month in Harbin. Possibly there will be a tunnel that the visitors can slide down and view the dolphins at the same time. http://hlj.people.com.cn/n2/2017/0415/c2200o27-30032719.html
Chimelong Ocean Kingdom revealed on February 24 that it has nine orcas Chimelong orca breeding center Wechat piece, captured in Russia’s Sea of Okhotsk. These whales were imported in 2013, 2014, and 2015. Chimelong intends to use these whales in a breeding program. The only ecotype observed by Russian researchers in the area of capture […]