Jenna Deedy
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Just a New England Mando passionate about wildlife, nerd stuff & cosplay! đžâ¨đ Get 20% off @davidsonsteas (https://www.davidsonstea.com/) with code JENNA20-Based in Nashua, NH.
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Ric O'Barry Opens His Own âSanctuaryâ In Bali
This past October, Ric OâBarry, a radical animal rights extremist who is known for starring in the biased documentary, The Cove, and having long-time ties to other radical groups like PETA, and Orca Network, announced that he and his staff have opened their very own sea-pen based facility for bottlenose dolphins in Bali. OâBarry claims that the facility is the âfirstâ to be a âsanctuaryâ for dolphins who have spent a number of years in marine zoological facilities. The âsanctuaryâ, which is located in Banyuwedang Bay, has been raising a number of concerns among zoo professionals for a number of reasons.
By Jenna Deedy6 years ago in Petlife
I Still Believe Author Celebrates Christmas With Beloved Orca Family in France
Oh Christmas, that time of the year when everyone is out shopping at the mall, waiting in line at the local Starbucks for their hands on some hot cocoa, looking up recipes to spice up that traditional holiday turkey, hanging out with friends and family from out-of-town, engagement rings, and of course, anything that has to do with StarWars since Disney has managed to make it a worthy 21st century Christmas tradition. However, for Scottish marine mammal trainer Hazel McBride, her recent holiday plans did not involve either crazy Christmas shopping sprees, nor spending Christmas in a galaxy far, far, away, but doing what she loved best-working with her beloved whales at MarineLand France in a very festive way.
By Jenna Deedy6 years ago in Petlife
Self-Proclaimed Marine Mammal âExpertâ Targets Brookfield Zoo
Naomi Rose, an animal rights extremist who often passes herself off as a self-proclaimed expert on orcas and other cetacean species, is currently attempting to protest the Brookfield Zooâs well-guided plan to send three of its Atlantic bottlenose dolphins to Coral World in St.Thomas Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Rose, who is one of the masterminds behind the controversial and questionable Whale Sanctuary Project, claims that the pen where the dolphins are housed in St.Thomas is âpollutedâ despite the fact that the facility has passed all known regulated environmental conditions and safety standards that are set by the federal government.
By Jenna Deedy6 years ago in Petlife
Activists Try to Spread Fake News About Marineland France
Just three months after a radical animal rights extremist group employed Blackfish star John Hargrove to go after Marineland France with false claims about its killer whale family in a failed campaign, the group has returned to the mainstream media to once again, make another false claim about the whales. In this latest scheme, the group posted on its Facebook page that MarineLand France was âplanningâ on moving itâs four orcas - Inouk, Wikie, Moana and Keijo (all born at the French marine mammal facility) - to a facility somewhere in China.
By Jenna Deedy6 years ago in Petlife
Marine Artist Releases Notes on Keikoâs Failed Release
Eli Smith is an Arizona-based college student and freelance artist with a focus on marine wildlife. He is also a big-time patron of well-managed, and scientifically accredited zoos and aquariums like SeaWorld, and the Dolphin Quest facilities. He hopes to one day be able to work with dolphins and other marine mammals full time when he is done with college. Recently, Smith read a memoir titled Killing Keiko.
By Jenna Deedy6 years ago in Petlife
Ingrid Visser: Wait, Thereâs More and A Letter to Ingridâs Fans
On October 3, 2019, I posted an article that criticized the ethical practices of Dr. Ingrid Visser, a New Zealand-born whale researcher who is known for her work on wild orca populations in the Southern Hemisphere. The article primarily focused on certain PR moves, and ethical practices that have raised eyebrows within the marine mammal community, and why she at least, needed to be held accountable. Once it got published online, I received a lot of feedback on it, which most of it was pretty good. However, some people, many of whom, were all supporters of Visser and her work, were not so happy about the articleâs criticism of Visser, and decided to go onto my Instagram to defend her. So, in response to remarks like âsheâs talented,â âat least she works with wild orcas,â along with some brand new information I have since uncovered about her questionable ethics, I took it upon myself to write this follow up along with a little letter to Visserâs supporters.
By Jenna Deedy6 years ago in Petlife
The Questionable Ethics of Ingrid Visser
Ingrid Visser is a New Zealand born whale researcher who is known for her work on wild killer whale populations, in both her native New Zealand, and in other parts of the southern hemisphere. She has an anti-zoo agenda as wellâIt is of one that involves her traveling to zoological facilities that house orcas, by taking photos of them in order to pass them off as âevidenceâ of âabuse.â
By Jenna Deedy6 years ago in Petlife
Animal Behaviorist Slams Paid âCelebrityâ PETA Spokesperson For False Anti-Zoo Claims
When it comes to how celebrities influence how the general public thinks, feels, and live out their lives, there is no arguing that they do manage to show it all off through social media platforms that focus on anything that has nothing to do with the glitz and glamor like it once was in the 50s and 60s. No, instead, it is a lot more focus on political, social, and even environmental-related causes or whatever may make them look more like international humanitarian workers and less like glamorous stars of film and television.
By Jenna Deedy6 years ago in Petlife
Sorry Activists, but Seaworldâs Killer Whale Habitats Are Not as âSmallâ as They Look
They say that the internet is full of crazy conspiracies that are just beyond indescribable, and sometimes, full of whimsical nonsense that does nothing more than to draw the emotional side of its audience that would be enough to be passed as âfactâ without doing any research to validate the âclaimâ. Well, it does appear that animal rights extremists who target zoos and aquariums are now attempting to do the same thing on social media.
By Jenna Deedy6 years ago in Petlife
The Amazon Is on Fire but There Is Hope. Top Story - August 2019.
2019 has not been kind to the Amazon Rainforest with more than 40,000 fires across the region this year alone. Scientists from Brazilâs National Institute for Space Research have determined that this year alone has seen the fastest rate of burning since the organization began a record-keeping survey on the health of the rainforest in 2013. In fact, the toxic smoke from the fires is so intense that many parts of Brazil now lay under darkness, and in some places, hours before the sun could even start setting.
By Jenna Deedy7 years ago in Futurism
Toddler Company Targets Parents with Anti-Zoo Propaganda
Munchkin is a company that is known for making products made for everyday use for toddlers that was first established in 1991 after itâs founder Steven B. Dunn was surprised by the lack of âcreativeâ designs in products that were made for infants and toddlers. While the company started out with making eco-friendly sippy cups, the company has since gone on to make organic snacks and formulas along with travel accessories. However, in recent years, as of 2015, the company has been under fire by both zoo and aquarium professionals alike over its ties with a radical anti-zoo group.
By Jenna Deedy7 years ago in Petlife
New Female Calf in J-Pod Brings Hope to the Southern Resident Orca Population
In May, researchers based at the Center for Whale Research sighted a newborn calf off the coast of Tofino, Washington. At the time, the calf, who was later determined to be a healthy female, was seen swimming with two females. One was named Tsuchi, who is also known as âJ31â, and another was named Eclipse, who was also known as âJ41â. At first, the researchers were not really sure which of these two female whales was the calfâs mother, but after a second sighting of the calf that occurred two months later, the researchers were able to determine that the calf was in fact, the daughter of Tsuchi. In fact, her May 24th birth helped bring the populationâs numbers up to around 76 orcas.
By Jenna Deedy7 years ago in Petlife
