Our Mission

The Orchive is an unaffiliated, education-based website seeking to provide a factual resource on killer whales in human care and in the wild.

This site compiles years worth of research, pouring over everything from databases to scientific papers, newspaper articles and necropsy reports, all in an effort to communicate the truth about killer whales in modern zoological facilities and their value to global conservation efforts.

Answering the big questions

We've helped compile information to answer some of the biggest questions out there about killer whales in managed care:

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