300 Sea Turtles on Mexico shores

         Sad news coming from Mexico these past couple days as 300 endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles have been found dead in the southern waters of Mexico. The masses of turtles were found entangled in a massive fishing net. The turtles were already decomposing leading investigators to believe the turtles had been dead for a matter of days before washing up.  

Lost Freedom; 70-80

• Shawn, captured in 1978 a 1 years old, died 1 year later at Seaworld San Diego - pneumonia.

• Betty, captured in 1978 at 3 years old, died 9 years later at Marine Land Antibes - pneumonia. 

• Kahana, captured in 1978 at 1 years old, died 12 years later at Seaworld San Antonio - severe trauma. 

• Kotar, captured in 1978 at less than 1 years old, died 16 years later at Seaworld San Antonio - acute hemorrhage pneumonia. 

• Kasatka, captured in 1978 at 1 years old, died 39 years later at Seaworld San Antonio - respiratory disease. 

• Spooky, bred in 1978, died 11 days later at Marineland California - pneumonia. 

• No name, captured in 1978 age unknown, died 5 days later at Taiji Whaling Museum - unknown.

• No name, captured in 1979 at 9 years old, died 1 month later at Nanki Shirahama Adventure World - birth complications.

• No name, captured in 1979 at 9 years old, died 2 months later at Nanki Shirahama Adventure World - nutritional disorder. 

• Chi, captured in 1979 at 9 years old, died 4 months later at Taiji Whaling Museum - unknown.

An Orcas Grief.

     A mother's loss is never easy, even for an animal. The world has been watching as a grieving orca mother has been carrying her dead calf for 17 days straight. Tahlequah gave birth to a calf, within a few hours, that calf died. Tahlequah couldn't let her baby go, she carried the calf preventing her from sinking and had been nudging it close to the surface. The pod with Tahlequah has been nothing but supportive as they've helped the grieving mother carry her baby, taking turns so each could hunt for food. But as of today, Tahlequah and her pod have been seen without the calf. This story is nothing but heartbreaking and you can't help but cry for Tahlequah.