The Animal Husbandry Party (Pacma) condemned the protests. generated attack from a pleasure boat to some orcas in the Strait of Gibraltar, a few miles from Tarifa (Cádiz). shot from the side with a pistol, and announced that it would bring these facts to the attention of the authorities.
These actions allegedly took place last Thursday, August 17.when a boat from a marine mammal watching company in the area witnessed how these surrounding specimens were hit several times by the boat ahead.
In a message collected by Europa Press on their social network, Pacma warned that the orca is listed as a vulnerable species in the Spanish Catalog of Threatened Species (CEEA). Therefore, “any act of killing, catching, torturing or disturbing is strictly prohibited.”
observation boat, killer whale family He went to the sailboat and honked his horn in protest, as can be seen in the video that went viral and shows the moment of the shooting. Moreover, the inhabitants of this boat shouted, whistled and insulted the shooters.
From Pacma, they recalled ministerial recommendations in the event of encountering orca interactions and that these were “the opposite of what was observed in this video”, such as lowering the sails and getting on the engine, avoiding stopping the boat and sailing in a straight line, at the highest possible speed, into shallower waters or until the orcas lose interest and report the interactions to Salvamento Marítimo.