“There’s tape on some of the whales, so it looks like someone has been here, but it’s so shocking to see this many,” she said. “It’s such a sad sight, especially with some live whales ...

That whale is named Morgan, and her fight for freedom started long before footage of her sad, captive life surfaced. According to the Free Morgan Foundation, Morgan, who is on breeding loan to ...

“You feel for the animals, it’s just a really sad event,” Leppens said. “It’s the kind of thing you don’t want to see. You wish you could understand the reasoning why the whales strand ...