“We know Toñi. We were with her a few weeks ago and these wounds were not there.”

The Guardian · Matriarch orca shot in Iberian Peninsula amid boat-ramming tensions

“If someone has deliberately fired a shotgun at her, this is not only an act of extreme cruelty against an individual animal. It is an attack on one of the last remaining members of a critically endangered population.”

The Guardian · Matriarch orca shot in Iberian Peninsula amid boat-ramming tensions

“Whatever someone's opinion about those interactions may be, shooting at these animals can never be an acceptable response. These orcas need protection, not retaliation.”

The Guardian · Matriarch orca shot in Iberian Peninsula amid boat-ramming tensions