[ [link removed] ]The image shows an orca swimming in a small, circular tank filled with
clear blue water. A metal platform and part of a slide are visible above
the tank, highlighting the confined space. It's a screenshot from a viral
video.
John,
For 24 hours straight, a captive orca whale lay motionless in a tiny
concrete tank not much bigger than his own body, staring at the gate to
his enclosure. The heartbreaking footage captured the attention of the
world – and now we’re going to use the momentum to finally free Kshamenk
the orca.
Orcas are highly intelligent and deeply emotional beings that need
connection and community to survive. But for 23 brutal years, Kshamenk has
been forced to live in captivity without the companionship of another
orca…one of just two orcas worldwide enduring this inhumane fate.
Local activists have called on the Argentinian government to pass the
“Kshamenk Law”, which would force the aquarium to free the orca from his
cruel life of solitary confinement. Let’s use this moment to finally get
the law over the finish line – taking the campaign global, contacting
travel influencers, and targeting lawmakers and aquarium bosses with sharp
ads.
If we can free Kshamenk, it would be a vital boost for other campaigns to
free orcas across the world. Will you chip in to help free Latin America’s
last captive orca and power Ekō campaigns for nature around the world?
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In 1998, Argentina passed a national law that prohibits the capture of
orcas. But it didn’t help those already in cruel captivity like Kshamenk
or the orcas that died before him.
And so Kschamenk swims in endless circles, going around his small tank
within the confines of marine park Mundo Marina 500 times in a single
hour. After 30 years in captivity, 23 of them without another orca, his
life is endless isolation and suffering.
After organizing for years to find a way to free Kschamenk, local groups
recently succeeded in introducing a new law that would prohibit shows
featuring marine animals, end the captivity and reproduction of these
creatures, and set a firm timeline for their rehabilitation and transfer
out of these inhumane facilities.
And now, after the heartbreaking footage of Kschamenk went viral on
TikTok, the world’s attention is now on the plight of this precious
creature. So we’re going to seize the moment to help get the law over the
finish line.
If enough of us chip in, we can quickly take out hard-hitting ads and
billboards calling out the aquarium for this unimaginable cruelty, then
show key decision-makers that tourism will suffer if it doesn’t set
Kshamenk free.
This is exactly the kind of tipping point moment our movement was made for
– John, can you chip in today to power our work for nature
and to free Kshamenk from his life of isolation and sadness?
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Your donation will help power Ekō and our campaigns worldwide fighting for
people and the planet.
Thanks for all that you do,
Allison and the Ekō team
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More information:
[ [link removed] ]Animal rights group calls for release of Argentina's last captive orca
abc News, 15 September 2019
[ [link removed] ]‘Free Kshamenk’: The campaign to release the last captive orca in Latin
America CNN 10 September 2024
Ekō is a worldwide movement of people like you, working together to hold corporations accountable for their actions and forge a new, sustainable path for our global economy.
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