Rebecca Pillsbury is a certified marine naturalist, award-winning memoirist, and lover of all animals from land and sea (but especially partial to those that weigh from 400 pounds to 200 tons). Through her publishing company, Duende Press, she helps business leaders, adventure travelers, celebrities, and others tell their transformational stories. Rebecca lives on an […]
It’s hard to find words when all you have are emotions. Sadness. Pain. Anger. Heartbreak. Some sort of bittersweet relief. Indignation. Tilikum was the catalyst behind the start of Blue Freedom. It was his plight that inspired our founder, Kate Emmons, to start a petition to release Tilikum to a sea pen that garnered more […]
When a group of people works together toward a common goal, amazing things can happen. I believe in community. I believe, as humans, we are made for it. Close-knit social groups are quite common among many species and humans are no exception to that. So, what happens when one creature designed for community comes together […]
This letter was courteously submitted to us by Haze, the founder of Tilikum&Co. Together, our petitions have garnered 100k signatures. Please visit the petitions here and here. Haze got her start as an animal advocate at an early age with her mother acting as the wildlife rescue in Florida where Haze grew up. Haze has continued […]
September is usually one of my favorite months. The scorching heat of a midwest summer is beginning to be relieved by cooler temperatures, if only for a few hours while the weather tries to decide whether it’s ready to shed its sunkissed soil and green leaves for a more barren landscape. It can be a […]
There’s been quite the buzz around the cetacean scene lately; OSHA denying Sea World’s appeal for trainers to return to water work, the International Court of Justice declaring that Japan’s “scientific whaling” is no longer authorized in the Southern Ocean, and legislation in California is seeking to ban the captivity of orcas for entertainment purposes. […]