- Signatures: 1,262
- Goal: 1,000
- Deadline: 5-23-2008
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On April 10, 2007, a baby orca whale about two weeks of age beached itself along Mexico's Pacific Coast. She was caught in a fishing net, bleeding from bad cuts on the skin caused by glass & on the verge of dying, the newborn named "Pascuala" (Pas-ku-A-la) was transported to Dolphin Adventure Aquarium in Nuevo Vallarta, where caretakers called SeaWorld for advice. She is now just over a month old, weighs more then 400lbs & her skin is healing but she still has a ways to go. Currently she is in a tank too small & far to warm for her to gain more weight. A transfer to SeaWorld California for better care, colder water & being with other orcas was blocked by the Mexican Government because of laws to stop the trafficking of marine mammals to US parks. However Pascuala's case is very different as she was a rescue, caretakers want to see Pascuala sent to SeaWorld because there is no tank in Mexico big enough & she will die if put back in the ocean or in a tank to small when she grows. Pascuala has become the center of an international controversy over whether she should stay in Mexico or be sent to a US marine park.A little more information on Pascuala & her situation....
Pascuala is an orca aka killer whale, the top predator in the ocean. She comes from a family of orcas known as Transients. Transient orca's unlike the fish eating Resident orcas that are well known, prey on large marine mammals such as sharks, baleen whales, sea lions, dolphins & porpoises. Mexico's government suggest releasing Pascuala, but this would be a death sentence.
Pascuala has been being hand-fed & getting all her contact from humans. This is what she has come to know because from 2 weeks of age she has been being cared for around the clock by dozens of volunteers & the Dolphin Adventure staff to try to bring her back to health. She is in the main show pool with the company of bottlenose dolphins, but the water is to warm & the tank to small. If she continues to get better she will quickly outgrow the small tank she is currently being kept in. Dolphin Adventure staff are doing the best they can & are in contact with SeaWorld, but they have no prior experience with a killer whale.I, Orcaholic2001 (admin of the Orca Adventure Forum) have created this petition with the help & suggestion of one of Pascuala's caretakers. Many people have spent many hours, nights & days with Pascuala & are the reason she is still with us today. Some who play a big part in Pascuala's care are Ricardo & the vet Paola, biology students from ITMAR, volunteers from Conexión con la Vida Silvestre and Grupo Ecologistas de Nayarit & of course all the crew from the Dolphin Adventure park. Big Thank You to all those who are caring for Pascuala.
The Dolphin Adventure park has set up a blog where visitors can read about Pascuala's progress, view videos & photos, detailed information about her meals, swimming lessons & care. That blog can be found at: http://orcapascuala.blogspot.com The blog is in Spanish & a website translator can be found here for those who don't speak Spanish: http://babelfish.altavista.com/
Photos of Pascuala used with permission & copyrighted to Jessica Soler.
Annoucement: I'm sorry to bring you the news but Pascuala has passed away of respirtory infection on June 10, 2007. We are allowing the petition to reach its goal for her & we will still send it in. Thank you for showing support for Pascuala, if only she was able to be with us longer.
| Number | Date | Name | State | Country | What would you like to tell the President of Mexico? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,266 | 2:20 pm PDT, Jun 16 | Kelsey Nlielsen | Massachusetts | United States | I would like to tell him that we are currently learning about this in school. The orcas will become extinct if we can not nurse them back to health. I think that this orca or any animal should be able to go to anoher country for better living conditions or emergency care. Let Prescula come to America to be able to live her life like a normal orca. |
| 1,265 | 6:56 am PDT, Jun 15 | Anonymous | Florida | United States | Now I may be 12 years old but doesn't mean i can't make a difference in the world and how pepeole treat the orca whales |
| 1,264 | 6:22 am PDT, Jun 11 | Marissa Cermenio | Texas | United States | |
| 1,263 | 10:14 am PDT, Jun 2 | Jonathan hernandez | Florida | United States | for narnia!!!!!!!!!! |
| 1,262 | 3:19 pm PDT, May 19 | Jenny Oestli | Norway | ||
| 1,261 | 2:11 pm PDT, Apr 25 | Lynn Lie | Indonesia | ||
| 1,260 | 5:22 pm PDT, Apr 9 | Cori Johnson | Bahamas | ||
| 1,259 | 12:19 pm PDT, Apr 9 | Ginger Geronimo | Alabama | United States | |
| 1,258 | 5:35 pm PDT, Apr 6 | Robert Redmon | Ohio | United States | |
| 1,257 | 9:37 am PDT, Mar 30 | Nancy Lion-Storm | California | United States | |
| 1,256 | 10:20 am PDT, Mar 28 | Fenix Melly | South Africa | ||
| 1,255 | 5:20 pm PDT, Mar 27 | Caitlin Chellew | New Jersey | United States | I feel your coast guards should be more aware of all netting activity going on and not allowing it where the whales are.You as a president should make sure that people are doing their jobs correctly. Please make the waters a safer place for our mammals so they do not end up on the endangered speices list. |
| 1,254 | 10:55 am PDT, Mar 26 | Kenneth Lapointe | Canada | ||
| 1,253 | 7:54 pm PDT, Mar 25 | Elisa Minakis | Canada | ||
| 1,252 | 6:54 pm PDT, Mar 25 | Glenda Parker | Australia | ||
| 1,251 | 10:15 am PDT, Mar 25 | Naomi Dutch | California | United States | |
| 1,250 | 6:48 am PDT, Mar 25 | Jaylena Greenfield | Ohio | United States | |
| 1,249 | 4:01 am PDT, Mar 25 | Marla De Vries | Netherlands | ||
| 1,248 | 2:33 am PDT, Mar 25 | Megan Murphy | California | United States | |
| 1,247 | 11:19 pm PDT, Mar 24 | gail dair | Australia | ||
| 1,246 | 3:40 pm PDT, Mar 24 | Elizabeth Burlock | Canada | ||
| 1,245 | 10:30 am PDT, Mar 24 | Dellianan of the Sea | Colorado | United States | Please Look Within Your Hearts And Stop The Cruelty Now!!!! |
| 1,244 | 2:38 am PDT, Mar 22 | amber fitch | Florida | United Kingdom | well im sorry but were just not doing enough for the marine animals around the world orcas and dolphins are dying everyday beaucse of the japanish and other countrys we need to do something... |
| 1,243 | 12:49 pm PDT, Mar 16 | Meow Mau | Colorado | United States | |
| 1,242 | 9:26 am PDT, Mar 15 | Mary Royalty | Kentucky | United States | It is a shame that these poor defenseless animals have to be treated in such horrific manners. It is a shame that there are not more people out there who care. Let's all Come together and Try to do more for the animal kingdom. My heart goes out to pascuala. May she rest in peace. |
| 1,241 | 6:43 pm PDT, Mar 10 | Anonymous | Arizona | United States | This is so wrong! Do you want to animal to die? Please be kind enough to let this animal get some more help! What did it ever do to you? |
| 1,240 | 3:37 pm PDT, Mar 9 | Nicolas BELLEUDY | France | ||
| 1,239 | 7:36 am PST, Mar 2 | Indy Hester | Georgia | United States | why would do something like this to a poor creature????? more likely HOW it needs to be stopped! |
| 1,238 | 3:47 pm PST, Mar 1 | haleigh fenley | Georgia | United States | why would you deny a por defensless creature the care it deserves. if you would do that to a majestic animal such as an orca what would you do to your people |
| 1,237 | 2:04 am PST, Feb 28 | SIGROS LORINE | France | ||
| 1,236 | 7:04 am PST, Feb 19 | geneviève Pieroni | France | ||
| 1,235 | 4:33 am PST, Feb 12 | Arnaud Hussard | France | ||
| 1,234 | 7:42 pm PST, Feb 9 | Christine Taylor | Florida | United States | |
| 1,233 | 3:19 pm PST, Feb 8 | Kathy G | United Kingdom | ||
| 1,232 | 4:07 pm PST, Jan 31 | roberto lopez | New York | United States | no mames guey porque no dejaste llevar a la vallena que tal si tu necesitas ir a un lugar para salvarte y no te dejan luego que haces |
| 1,231 | 11:38 am PST, Jan 30 | Kyna Crain | Montana | United States | This was a terrible thing that has happened and I hope that measures are taken which prevent further tragedies of this nature. |
| 1,230 | 3:35 am PST, Jan 28 | Andrée Hussard | France | ||
| 1,229 | 9:57 am PST, Jan 21 | Adrienne Mason | California | United States | This case can hardly be considered "trafficing marine mammals" this was a rescue not a capture and now a beautiful animal has passed away. |
| 1,227 | 5:14 pm PST, Jan 14 | lorena silva | Mexico | ||
| 1,226 | 1:06 pm PST, Jan 5 | cecily tye | Texas | United States | it is his fault that the whale died. he should have more respect for the animals, especilly whales! |
| 1,225 | 4:56 pm PST, Dec 18 | Simos Tarabatzis | Greece | ||
| 1,224 | 3:05 am PST, Dec 15 | Carolyn VANINI | France | ||
| 1,223 | 3:04 am PST, Dec 15 | Delphine never | France | ||
| 1,222 | 6:30 pm PST, Dec 12 | Yvonne CLAUDIUS | California | United States | |
| 1,221 | 7:26 am PST, Dec 8 | jean-damien Susini | France | ||
| 1,220 | 7:25 am PST, Dec 8 | eric duprat | France | ||
| 1,219 | 7:25 am PST, Dec 8 | Annie Bertrand | France | ||
| 1,218 | 7:24 am PST, Dec 8 | chantal Chavassieux | France | ||
| 1,217 | 7:23 am PST, Dec 8 | Jean-Marie Trincali | France | ||
| 1,216 | 7:22 am PST, Dec 8 | josette Roux | France | ||
| 1,215 | 8:27 am PST, Nov 30 | Ashley Ondejko | Canada | STOP THE CRUELTY | |
| 1,214 | 6:11 am PST, Nov 19 | Cory Ferguson | West Virginia | United States | |
| 1,213 | 6:00 am PST, Nov 18 | Ines Seidel | Germany | ||
| 1,212 | 11:10 am PST, Nov 17 | Saajida Moosa | South Africa | ||
| 1,211 | 11:39 am PST, Nov 15 | Diana Nymand | Germany | I'm very sorry that this poor baby had to die because stupid laws appeared to be more important than her life and well-being. I suppose she could have been saved if the right things had been done for her in time. RIP little Pascuala :( | |
| 1,210 | 8:15 am PST, Nov 15 | Shannon Saldana | Ohio | United States | |
| 1,209 | 10:11 pm PST, Nov 14 | Deanna Faubert | Canada | I watched an excellent documentry on our killer whales in canada.The pods they live in have decreased in size dramatically,we have considered them endangered because they are dying off at an enormous rate.If the baby can be sent to the u.s or canada to save its life its a chance we gotta take,if the mother died off it still can reunite with its aunts...Make the right choice to help save this baby.We need to keep our oceans clean,and help save this baby whale. | |
| 1,208 | 7:07 am PDT, Nov 1 | Regina Wirth | Germany | ||
| 1,207 | 10:15 am PDT, Oct 30 | Anne Seidel | Germany | ||
| 1,206 | 9:21 pm PDT, Oct 17 | Jamie Kennison | Oklahoma | United States | It is selfish to keep an animal that doesn't belong to you especially if people are willing to get in better care in the us. |
| 1,205 | 8:11 am PDT, Oct 12 | samantha boyle | New York | United States | |
| 1,204 | 1:59 pm PDT, Oct 10 | Ana Dusevic | Croatia | ||
| 1,203 | 9:34 am PDT, Oct 4 | Fay Kelley | Arizona | United States | |
| 1,202 | 6:51 am PDT, Oct 4 | Marion Raby | Austria | ||
| 1,201 | 6:51 pm PDT, Sep 29 | Marcy Raich | Michigan | United States |
Act Now to Help Pascuala the baby orca
Dear President Felipe Calderon,
Everyone that has signed the petition here hopes that you will see how many people out there really care about Pascuala & her future. There are so many people who want the best for her which would be to be sent to a much larger facility such as SeaWorld of California, with excellent care from vets & researchers that have extension experience in the care of killer whales aka orcas, colder water & other orcas to learn how to be an orca.
Pascuala comes from a family of Transient killer whales, not much is known about them & trying to find her family would be extremely difficult if not impossible. She stranded to young to even have learned to vocalize & to be an orca. Trying to rehabilitate an orca that would have to learn how to hunt for large prey such as baleen whales, sharks, sea lions & even dolphins is unrealistic. Pascuala is currently trying to play with bottlenose dolphins that would be part of her food intake if she never stranded. Please do not consider a release, doing so would cause Pascuala a slow death of suffering & starvation.
We understand the concern of the Mexican government not wanting any marine mammals to be trafficked to US marine parks but Pascuala's case is far different as she beached in such bad condition, she was bleeding & near death. She was rescued & was not forced to strand to be exported to a US park. It is well known that this was not a force stranding or an attempt at trafficking. Its unfair to say she is "Mexico's wildlife" just because she happened to beach in Mexico, unless there is research that shows her family group never leaves Mexico's waters. She could have come from anywhere as orcas are found in all the worlds oceans.
Saving Pascuala's life should take precedence over politics. Please do the right thing for this baby orca & allow her transfer to SeaWorld of California where she can become healthier & learn to be an orca. Being caught in a fishing net, cut up by glass & losing her mother is the fault of careless humans, its only right that we give back to her by allowing her to survive in a facility where she can live out her life.
Signed the Many people who show their support of this decision!
Everyone that has signed the petition here hopes that you will see how many people out there really care about Pascuala & her future. There are so many people who want the best for her which would be to be sent to a much larger facility such as SeaWorld of California, with excellent care from vets & researchers that have extension experience in the care of killer whales aka orcas, colder water & other orcas to learn how to be an orca.
Pascuala comes from a family of Transient killer whales, not much is known about them & trying to find her family would be extremely difficult if not impossible. She stranded to young to even have learned to vocalize & to be an orca. Trying to rehabilitate an orca that would have to learn how to hunt for large prey such as baleen whales, sharks, sea lions & even dolphins is unrealistic. Pascuala is currently trying to play with bottlenose dolphins that would be part of her food intake if she never stranded. Please do not consider a release, doing so would cause Pascuala a slow death of suffering & starvation.
We understand the concern of the Mexican government not wanting any marine mammals to be trafficked to US marine parks but Pascuala's case is far different as she beached in such bad condition, she was bleeding & near death. She was rescued & was not forced to strand to be exported to a US park. It is well known that this was not a force stranding or an attempt at trafficking. Its unfair to say she is "Mexico's wildlife" just because she happened to beach in Mexico, unless there is research that shows her family group never leaves Mexico's waters. She could have come from anywhere as orcas are found in all the worlds oceans.
Saving Pascuala's life should take precedence over politics. Please do the right thing for this baby orca & allow her transfer to SeaWorld of California where she can become healthier & learn to be an orca. Being caught in a fishing net, cut up by glass & losing her mother is the fault of careless humans, its only right that we give back to her by allowing her to survive in a facility where she can live out her life.
Signed the Many people who show their support of this decision!
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