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In June 2010 a young female orca was found alone and stranded in shallow waters off the coast of the Netherlands.

She was taken to a dolphinarium to be assessed and cared for and her condition improved. But the dolphinarium decided not to let her return home but to keep her, isolated and probably frightened, in a concrete tank where her future health and happiness is now under threat.

She is still there. Why?

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WDCS, together with a global team of orca experts, has presented the dolphinarium and the Dutch government with a detailed, multi-stage rehabilitation and release plan to return Morgan to her native waters. It was hoped that this comprehensive proposal would help both parties make the right decision.

Orca life expectancy in captivity is much lower than in the wild. In the wild, female orcas like Morgan live an average 50 years and up to 80 or even 90 years contributing to the continuity and survival of their orca community. Wild female orcas, like Morgan, might be expected to raise one to four offspring during their lifetime.

Morgan is not the property of the Dutch government, nor of the Harderwijk dolphinarium.
It is time Morgan was released back into the wild to live her life.

Please sign and send the email asking the Dutch government to give Morgan the chance to return home.

PLEASE FREE MORGAN !