- As of January 2018 there have been five hearings for Morgan
- List of Evidence & Documents Submitted to Court (3 August & 7 November 2011)
- Presented in Court
- Submitted Documents (alphabetical)
- Supporting Documents
- Supporting Evidence
- Correspondence
- EXTRACTS
- FOUR OF THE “SEVEN EXPERTS” DOLFINARIUM HARDERWIJK WHO CHANGED THEIR OPINION
- ANNEXES
- TABLES
- REPORTS & PUBLICATIONS
- CORRESPONDENCE
- LIST OF ALL THE DOCUMENTS GIVEN TO THE MINISTRY
- LIST OF THE DOCUMENTS TO SUBMITTED for 7 NOVEMBER 2011
As of January 2018 there have been five hearings for Morgan
The Free Morgan Foundation filed concerns about Morgan with the Netherlands Government in August 2016 and prepared a range of documents which were submitted to the Government and in due course to the Court. On the 23rd of January 2018 the fifth court hearing for Morgan was held. The FMF documents, when they are cleared for public dissemination, will be listed here.
Back to topList of Evidence & Documents Submitted to Court (3 August & 7 November 2011)
The Free Morgan Foundation has prepared reports, submitted to the Amsterdam Court. These were for the hearing on the 1st of November 2012. That hearing investigated the findings of the first two cases and decide the merits of the case.
Back to topPresented in Court
Back to topSubmitted Documents (alphabetical)
- Pozzato, L. (2012) “Refuting the “Report on the introduction of a rescued Orcinus orca individual into the OrcaOcean group” by F. J. Almunia Portolés”
- Trouwborst, Caddell & Couzens (2012). To Free or Not to Free? State Obligations and the Rescue and Release of Marine Mammals: A Case Study of ‘Morgan the Orca’. In Press Journal of Transnational Environmental Law.
- Visser, I.N. (2012) “Report on the Physical & Behavioural Status of Morgan, the Wild-Born Orca held in Captivity, at Loro Parque, Tenerife, Spain”
- Vester, H. (2012) “Re-sighting over a seventeen year period, of an orca known as “Stumpy” Lofoten Island in northern Norway in 2012”
- Vester, H. & Ilmon, C. (2012) “Re-sighting of “P118”, an adult male orca, near Vesteralen, northern Norway in 2012”
Supporting Documents
- Jett, J. Ventre J. (2011) Keto & Tilikum Express the Stress of Orca Captivity
- Zimmermann, T. “Blood in the Water.” Outside Magazine July 2011.
- Zimmermann, T. “The Killer in the Pool.” Outside Magazine July 2010.
Supporting Evidence
- Logs of Video recordings of Morgan at Loro Parque. By “Morgan Observer”
- Petition to the Netherlands Government from citizens of Oksnes municipality in Norway
- Transcript Discovery Tour inside Orca Ocean, Loro Parque
Correspondence
- Letter from Stefan Bräger, PhD supporting the reversal of the export of Morgan to Spain and her careful preparation for a release into the wild
- Letter from Paul Spong & Helena Symonds, Orcalab, recommending Morgan be removed from Loro Parque
- 20120628- email to Ridgway, from Visser re Loro Parque & Morgan
- 20120628- email to Alumnia & Delponti, from Visser re Dr Sam Ridgeway
- 20120628- email response Delponti, Patricia re Dr Sam Ridgeway
- 20120628- email response Almunia, Javier re Dr Sam Ridgeway
- Overview of Morgan’s current and proposed situation.
Prepared by the Free Morgan Group, 1 August 2011 - RESPONSE TO “MOTIVATION” DOCUMENT
with regard to Application for CITES permit to export Morgan to Loro Parque - OVERVIEW OF RESPONSE TO van ELK DOCUMENT
with regard to the FREE MORGAN FOUNDATION RELEASE AND REHABILITATION PLAN - RESPONSE TO van Elk DOCUMENT (see below for van Elk document)
with regard to the FREE MORGAN FOUNDATION RELEASE AND REHABILITATION PLAN - RESPONSE TO THE INTRODUCTION PLAN OF A RESCUED Orcinus orca INDIVIDUAL IN THE ORCA OCEAN GROUP
- ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS PERTRAITING TO MORGANS SITUATION
- RESPONSE TO RESEARCH PROPOSALS
with regard to APPLICATION FOR CITES PERMIT TO EXPORT MORGAN TO LORO PARQUE
EXTRACTS
- Williams., V. (2001) Extracts from “Dying to Entertain You”
A report for Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society (WDCS), UK. Pp 100. - Rose, R. Parsons, E.C.M. & Farinato, R. (2009). Extracts from “The Case Against Marine Mammals in Captivity”. The Humane Society of the United States and World Society fro the Protection of Animals, 4th edition. Pp 76.
FOUR OF THE “SEVEN EXPERTS” DOLFINARIUM HARDERWIJK WHO CHANGED THEIR OPINION
- Dr. John Ford’s letter
- Dr. Christoph Guinet’s letter
- Dr. Christina Lockyer’s letter
- Dr. Fernando Ugarte’s email
ANNEXES
- Appendix 1 CITES Guidelines flow chart
Appendix 2 IUCN guidelines for Re- Introductions - Dolfinarium Harderwijk educational banner
- “Stumpy” the Norwegian orca is provisioned and accepted by no less than five groups of orca. Pages 48.49, extracted from: Stenersen, J., and Similä, T (2004). Norwegian Killer Whales. Tringa forlag. ISBN: 8299457734. Pp 92.
TABLES
- Collaborators in rehabilitation and release projects
- List of Incidents (between orca and trainers)
- List of Aggressions (between orca)
- Comparison of ‘Research Projects’ submitted in 2005 and 2011 by Loro Parque.
REPORTS & PUBLICATIONS
- Albright Mark (29 February 2008) “Anheuser-Bush launches multipark venture in Dubay” St. Petersberg Times (Accessed 31st July 2011)
- Allrodt Oliver (18 May 2007) “Mexican baby killer whale in tug of love” Reuters (Accessed 31st July 2011)
- Garcia J. (20 July 2011) “ SeaWorld seeks Dutch killer whale” Orlando Sentinel
- Hardie T. (July 2011) “Re: Introduction Plan of a rescued Orcinus orca individual in the Orca Ocean group” Unpublished report submitted to the Free Morgan Foundation.
- Jett J.S. & Ventre J.M. (February 2011). “Keto & Tilikum Express the Stress of Orca Captivity” Manuscript Submitted to The Orca Project Unpublished report. Pp 21.l
- Quintana Craig, 15 January 1994 “SeaWorld gets permission to import a killer whale from Barcelona Zoo” Orlando Sentinel (Accessed 31st July 2011)
- Samarra F., Duc A., Miller P.J.O. 2010 “Identification of Morgan’s discrete call repertoire and matching to sounds recorded from the wild North Atlantic killer whales”
- Sanchez F. (26 June 2011) “Analysis of Morgan’s behaviour at Dolfinarium Harderwijk from video clips” Unpublished report submitted to the Free Morgan Foundation.
- Sanchez F. July 2011 “Comments about the “introduction plan of a rescued Orcinus orca individual in the Orca Ocean group”. Unpublished report submitted to the Free Morgan Foundation.
- Sanchez F., & Hardie T. (20 July 2011). “Analysis of Keto’s endoscopy”. Unpublished report submitted to the Free Morgan Foundation.
- van Elk N. 14 November 2010 “Expert advice on the releasability of the rescued killer whale (Orcinus orca) Morgan Dolfinarium Harderwijk- SOS Dolfijn” Pp 56.
- Visser, I.N., and Hardie, T. M. (2011). “Morgan” the orca can and should be rehabilitated. With additional notes on why a transfer to another ‘captive orca facility’ is inappropriate and release is preferred. Unpublished Report (V 1.2) P 68+ Errata. Available from: Orca Research Trust orcaresearch.org and Free Morgan Foundation freemorgan.org
- Zimmerman Tim July 2011“Blood in the water” Outside online (Accessed 31st July 2011)
CORRESPONDENCE
Allee S., (20 July 2011)
Allee S., (28 July 2011)
Bleker (undated) Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation
Dolfinarium Harderwijk, (18 April 2011)
Dolfinarium Harderwijk , (26 May 2011)
Foote A., (7 August 2010)
Foote A., (undated)
Pozzato L., (12 October 2010)
Pozzato L., (1 June 2011)
Rose N., (29 July 2011)
Rose, N., WDCS, HSUS, AWI (11 November 2010)
Steven J., (21 July 2011)
van der Hoef, B., (21 July 2011), DeltaPark Neeltje Jans
Visser I. N., (5 June 2010)
Vester H., (21 July 2011)
Vester H., (21 July 2011)
Wemelsfelder F., (19 July 2010)
Endorsement and commitment letters by Free Morgan Expert Board members
Berta S., Garrett H. and Orca Network, (July 2011)
Cousteau J.M. ,H. Lohuis and Ocean Future, (July 2011)
Hardie T. and Orca Research Trust, (July 2011)
Pozzato L., (July 2011)
Ray C., (July 2011)
Rossiter W. and CSI, (July 2011)
Sanchez F., (July 2011)
SeaWolf, (July 2011)
Spong, H. Symonds and OrcaLab, (July 2011)
van Ginneken A., July 2011
Visser I. and Orca Research Trust, (July 2011)
Williamson C. and WDCS, July2011
Endorsement letters by Non Free Morgan Expert Board members
Mahlke L., July 2011
Martens H., July 2011
Orka Coalitie, July 2011
Rose N., (21July 2011)
LIST OF ALL THE DOCUMENTS GIVEN TO THE MINISTRY
- Power Point Presentation “Morgan should and can go free” Pozzato L. September 2011
- Power Point Presentation “Morgan Rehabilitation and Release” Pozzato L. September 2011
- Power Point Presentation “Risk assessment rehabilitation and release orca Morgan” van Twillert J. September 2011
- Transport Plan to Norway FMF September 2011
- “Detailed step by step Plan for rehabilitation and training for Morgan the orca” FMF September 2011
- Letter regarding Loro Parque’s facilities Visser 24th September 2011
- Photo evidence from Loro Parque Visser 2011
- Letter to the Ministry FMF 15 September 2011 (in Dutch)
- “Summary report on the acoustic analysis” FMF September 2011
- “Extended family report” FMF September 2011
- “Commenting on the scientific research projects” FMF September 2011
- “Comparison of Morgan’s discrete call repertoire with a recent catalogue of Norwegian killer whale calls” Vester and Samarra September 2011
- Vester, Heike (August 4 2011), Letter regarding the necessity of new acoustic recording of Morgan
LIST OF THE DOCUMENTS TO SUBMITTED for 7 NOVEMBER 2011
- Research Proposals (Bound together with the CVs of the authors and a covering letter)
- Foster and Visser (26th October 2011), “Morgan‘s Transport to Neeltje Jans Protocol prepared for Free Morgan Foundation”
- Response to the document “Introduction plan to the Dolphins” of the Dolfinarium. Also contains letters from:
- Dr. Verné Dove (PhD)
- Dr. Lori Marino (PhD)
- Dr. Ingrid Visser (PhD)
- Jeff Foster
- Suzanne Allee
- Carol Ray
- Frank Sanchez
- Samantha Berg
- Further comments on the Loro Parque “Introduction plan” containing letters from:
- Dr. Tiü Similla (PhD)
- Dr. Lance Barrett-Lennart (PhD)
- Dr. Craig Matkin (PhD)
- Dr. Jeff Ventre (MD)
- Dr. Alexandra Morton (PhD)
- Dr. Rob Williams (PhD)
- Dr. Ingrid Visser (PhD)
