FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Phil demers - The Untold Story

Six beluga whales finally leave embattled Canadian marine park

Whales flown to US aquariums after long-running saga in which Marineland had threatened to euthanise them

The Guardian - UK · Jul 22

Valium, health checks and fabric slings: the complex logistics of moving 30 beluga whales

Canada has reached a tentative deal for 30 belugas in an amusement park to be shipped to four aquariums in US

The Guardian - UK · Jan 29

‘A life of captivity’: Canada refuses marine park’s request to export its whales to China

Fisheries minister says rehoming Marineland’s cetaceans in China would only ‘perpetuate the treatment’ the whales have endured

The Guardian - US · Oct 1, 2025

World's loneliest killer whale Kiska's 'tortured existence' in captivity losing 5 babies

Heartbreaking footage showed the isolated killer whale Kiska banging her head against the tank at MarineLand in Canada - she spent twelve years of her life in cruel captivity

Daily Mirror · Jul 2, 2023

Death of ‘world’s loneliest orca’ sparks calls for change

Grief at death of Kiska, Canada’s last captive killer whale, tempered by recognition of how she inspired a bill improving protection for cetaceans

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2023

Orca who lived with star of Free Willy movie filmed swimming in circles in tiny tank

Kiska, a killer whale, is living alone in a very small tank and has been filmed swimming in circles at amusement park MarineLand in Florida, US

Daily Mirror · Mar 8, 2023

Animal Rights Activist Takes A Heartbreaking Footage Of Acquatic Animals At The Miami Seaquarium

Phil Demers flew over and saw myself how bad the conditions in a heartbreaking footage of aquatic animals in tiny pool.

Zenger · Feb 5, 2023

Heartbreaking footage shows dolphins living in tiny pools METRES from ocean home

Beautiful white-sided dolphins and a 56-year-old lone orca can be seen swimming in circles, stuck in tiny pools at Miami Seaquarium in Florida, just metres from the ocean

Daily Mirror · Feb 2, 2023

‘Life is short. Steal a walrus’: why a trainer devoted his life to free Smooshi the walrus

The Canadian theme park Marineland sued animal trainer Phil Demers for plotting to steal a 1,200lb walrus – but he prevailed

The Guardian - US · Jan 5, 2023

‘World’s Loneliest Orca’ Spends Its Days Splashing Water Around Its Isolated Tank

This harrowing footage shows a lonely killer whale circling its tank and thrashing water after surviving its friends and offspring.

Zenger · Aug 19, 2022