New Evidence for Morgan’s Court Case
The Free Morgan Foundation has prepared reports, now submitted to the Amsterdam Court, These are for the hearing on the 1st of November 2012. This hearing will investigate the findings of the first two cases and decide the merits of the case.
Photos Extracted from Visser (2012) – Captions Are Directly from the Report

Focus on Mistreatment of Morgan
Our evidence focuses on how mistreated Morgan is at Loro Parque and how detrimental this is to her health. We include photographs showing her being rammed, bitten and attacked (see some examples below).
Our reports are based on more than 77 hours of observations on Morgan. Although Loro Parque will claim that these attacks are ‘normal’, you can read in the supporting letters from orca scientists, that this is not the case, particularly in the wlid.
In a comparative study, of captive orca, who were observed for 78 days (not hours!), only eight events involving aggression were recorded. This is in comparison to the 91 attacks observed which involved Morgan.
Trainers Ignore Morgan’s Attacks

Reports from External Scientists
Additionally, we present here reports by external scientists about the orca from Norway (where Morgan is from), letters of concern from orca scientists and correspondence between Dr Visser and Loro Parque and Dr Visser and Dr Ridgway.
Morgan Rammed and Attacked

Trainers Do Nothing to Prevent Attacks & Keep Morgan with Dysfunctional Orca

Stereotypic Behavior Results in Morgan Damaging Herself

Visser (2012) Report On The Physical Status of Morgan At Loro Parque
Court Documents & Supporting Evidence
PRESENTED IN COURT
Visser, Court presentation “Distressing situation for Morgan at Loro Parque”
Submitted 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.
Vester, H. (2012) “Re-sighting over a seventeen year period, of an orca known as “Stumpy” Lofoten Island in northern Norway in 2012”
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 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
Loro Parque’s Evidence
To ensure that interested parties have access to both sides of the story, we have also included the report from Loro Parque regarding Morgan being held at their entertainment park.
Graph of Morgan’s Weight, From Almunia’s Report
