In CNN Films’ Blackfish, filmmaker Gabriela Cowperthwaite explores the truth about orcas in captivity. One of the stars of the documentary, Howard Garrett, joins the Ron and Don Show Thursday. The ...

One of the world’s most famous animals died Friday. While the sad news about the orca Tilikum surprised some, for others it’s a relief. “I was sad, but relieved,” Howard Garrett told the Ron and Don ...

FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. — One year after Tokitae died in captivity those who were fighting for the orca's release honored her legacy Sunday. Tokitae was captured in 1970 by the Salish Sea Southern ...

After helping Free Willy taste freedom, Dave Phillips is working to give two other orcas a life outside captivity, Phillips, a director of the International Marine Mammal Project at Earth Island ...

When John Hargrove started his career as a killer whale trainer at Sea World San Antonio in 1993, he never thought 20 years later he would be advocating against the marine park responsible for ...

Wikie and Keijo, the two remaining captive orcas in France, are set to move soon, but if that move is to a sanctuary is still undecided Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working ...