Ingrid Visser Harassing Wild Killer Whales

New Zealand Law states that:
All seals, sea lions, dolphins and whales are protected under the Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978. It’s an offence to harass, disturb, injure or kill marine mammals.
Anyone charged with harassing, disturb, injuring or killing a marine mammal faces a maximum penalty of two years imprisonment or a fine to maximum of $250,000.
We ask that Ingrid Visser be held accountable for her harassing of wild whales and dolphins in New Zealand.

[@orcawithdrip827]

Imagine trying to bring down a world renowned marine biologist just to pat yourself in the back and support the capture of cetaceans

[@weloveTM123]

Right? It's so pathetic.

[@raphmaster23]

All I see is two intelligent beings interacting with one another. The orca is perfectly capable to swim away if they wanted. It would be harassment if the boat crew decided to chase the orca.

[@TheElokim]

Harrassing? REALLY!! She has proven the fact that these creatures need to be protected..

[@amywright201]

That's probably the whale she helped to rescue. Nobby. He remembers her.

[@jackschlong]

+Amy Wright Watch some of documentaries, she's really amazing. People on here who says she's harassing them no not of what she does or has done, to try to save these magnificent creatures.

[@horse-lover68]

She helped to rescue more animals especially orca's than SW- they take them home and have new orca's and dolphin's for their breeding program in China, Japan, Russia and Loro Parque!! Hypocrits!!

[@shalandaposton3331]

She doesn't harras she study killer whale

[@metalnordeste8998]

If this is harassment, I wonder what Sea World does to orcas, is.

[@metalnordeste8998]

Either you're very envious of her or has this video been sponsored by crooks as Sea World.

[@abib8629]

wtf who do you think you are Awesome ocean! how on earth is she harassing that whale?!

[@loud_at_midnight]

She's blowing bubbles in the water to mimic the orca and try and communicate with them

[@valeriehernandez6543]

First flaw: the dramatic music to try to make it seem as if she's doing something horrible, when she CLEARLY isn't. Second flaw: not doing your research first before posting this ignorant video. Third flaw: misinterpreting innocent interaction with "harassment." Why isn't it harassment? Because ALL she's doing is petting the orca and showing it affection. ALL she's doing is risking her own life (not the orca's because - let's face it, this orca could EASILY kill her if it wanted to) to touch an animal she's passionate about. To RISK your life in the wild to interact with these wonderful animals means A LOT MORE than paying a SeaWorld ticket to watch them up-close IN CAPTIVITY where they SUFFER.

[@nonebusiness4488]

first of all she probably knows this orca personally because i don't think she'd be putting her hand in there and be trying to kiss the whale. and what is happening is hardly harrassment. it would be harassment if she was driving around chasing after it. i think alot of this laws about harassment is a good rule of thumb but if the human can't harm the ocra, then no harm done. they are just as curious about us as we are of them obviously, and in that case it doesn't look like to harassment to me if they are just as interested and excited about interacting with human.

[@joeybaldwin4343]

Bug off is what I'll tell you she is not harrasing those whales nice try tho

[@samiamisme]

It's called science

[@crirosa86]

you must be joking Ingrid Visser is a scientist who's spending her whole life studying and educating people about wild orcas and she is fighting for the cause against captivity, especially for Morgan. go and make some research before posting such inaccurate and stupid video. And I hope people who watch this do the same before commenting anything

[@crirosa86]

ps: what a joke also to name your channel awesome ocean while promoting captivity and showing other inaccurate videos about how sea world is helping marine species

[@johnpalermo2422]

Cristina Rose youre 100% right. Anyone with half a brain would know this clip is clearly bullshit and a way to justify seaworld and marineland for there captive abuse

[@spark300c]

that just stunt to get money. at this stage releasing Morgan to wild would be death sentence. she to habituated to humans to release and we do not even know where her pod is. On top of that she deaf. it not like have not tried in the pass other cetaceans. It hard to believe that scientist would ignore pass attempts.

[@horse-lover68]

@@spark300c And now she is dead!! How was she able to follow her mother the first few months if she was deff?? You did not even try to find her pod, you risked all to get new blood into your crazy hybrids qnd crossbreeds, but it djd not work!! So SW you lost, I think 4 orca's to Loro Parque 🤣🤣🤣 How dare you!! This smiercampaine get's tbrown rignt back into your face.

[@Ellievee]

LOL What pro-captivity nutcase made this...

[@horse-lover68]

Sea World and Loro Parque, who else??

[@tsluciw3734]

Ingrid visser is AMAZING! Definitely my hero! This video is absolutely wrong! Everyone is free to there opinion. But yes you need to research much more! This video is wrong!! Had to be said! And thank you Ingrid for everything you have done and keep doing :)

[@horse-lover68]

😂😂😂😂Unbelievable!! What a bunch of clowns!!! The music,..oh my God help us Jurrasic Park 6 is on the way!!😂😂😂

[@Liviedraws]

That's ben she knows that individual she has actually swam with him

[@raimkes]

Thanks for sharing this sweet moment between 2 lovely beings😂

[@oliverwilson11]

"Killer Whales" live in America. This is a kākahi a.k.a. orca. Also there is only one of them in this video.

[@bloomingvision]

This is funny... seaworlds PR Page. The law sited at the beginning incriminates seaworld a lot more then it does her. And, she's a scientist who also happens to study and love a smart and friendly animal who are known to seek out boats and engage humans in an interaction. But, if she's such a criminal for this act and if that laws in place, with such overwhelming video evidence and your clear and overwhelming love for the whales, why don't you engage her in prosecution proceedings and then, she will be locked up and no longer able to wreck such devastating havoc on these poor innocent animals who are clearly being traumatized, abused, harassed, tortured, and violated in this haneous and evil act that this mad woman carried out!!!

[@caitlingolder9967]

They SHOULD NOT be encouraged to come up to people or boats. Collisions with boats and being severely injured by propellers is a common enough issue in cetaceans without this 'scientist' actively encouraging it. She is teaching his whale that coming up to people and boats is a positive experience, next time he decides to come up to a boat he might meet the business end of a boat propeller. She is actively endangering these whales.

[@bloomingvision]

What a vicious woman! Like I said, she documented her crime so, under the law cited in the opening, lock her up! Perhaps you could be the one to send the video to New Zealand's prosecutors... then, she can sit next to the guy who dug up the T-Rex and (originally) received 333 years in prison....

[@thebenancesmodesart]

She's perfectly allowed to do this, she has government permission. If you need more information then you can read about it here www.orcaresearch.org/index.php/research/our-team.

[@horse-lover68]

@@caitlingolder9967 Who do yiou think you are SW barby doll?? She does not teach the orca anything. She does this since almost 30 year's, show a litte respect and she is Dr, what are you little brainwashed, angry barby?? Your comment is Bullcrap!! Zip it!!

[@horse-lover68]

@@thebenancesmodesart 👍👍👍🐋🐋🙋‍♀️

[@MrBuschdoctor]

Dr. Ingrid Visser is my hero !!!!!!!

[@megaroo6110]

Yes me too. This is garbage!

[@katherinee.1213]

I’m undecided on the issue of cetacean captivity (I am a supporter of most zoos and aquariums though because I know they do a lot of good) but this video is absolutely not helping the pro-cap side of the argument. I’ve seen the original video this clip comes from (it is the oldest video on Dr. Visser’s KZbin channel, if you’re interested) and the interaction was much shorter, this video looped it to make it look longer. This video also uses corny music to drown out the sound of her saying hi to the animal, not teasing it or yelling at it. The boat’s motor appeared to be off as the boat was stationary, so there wasn’t any risk of the orca getting hurt by it, and the orca swam up to the boat of its own accord (although she did encourage it). The Marine Mammal Protection Act wouldn’t punish you for such a short, mutually peaceful, and respectful interaction. Orcas are naturally very inquisitive and intelligent beings, so it’s not a stretch to say that the orca was probably wondering about what this unexpected human in its environment was doing and wanted to take a better look out of curiosity rather than feeling harassed or threatened. Plus, she wasn’t making her research invalid, as your accompanying article on your website claimed, because she wasn’t using this interaction for research, she was just on a boat observing the orcas as usual. If you want to counter Dr. Visser’s opinions on orcas in captivity, use actual scientific evidence to make your claim, not edited slander. (to be fair, there is a lot of pseudoscience on the anti-cap side as well, the whole debate is very corrupted, but Dr. Visser seems to be a widely respected expert on New Zealand’s wild killer whales)

[@helenericson1846]

Seriously?? Are we trying to bad mouth this woman?? Especially about orcas?? How silly

[@dollycau9099]

👏👏👏👏🙂🐋💖💖

[@horse-lover68]

Oh God another SW barby dol! with 2 brain cell's!!🤣🤣🤣

[@blepblep7245]

so what she's doing is harrassment but training them to do circus tricks is not? lmao. im undecided on this whole captivity issue but this channel is def stupid

[@marissaruiz9963]

Wow she's not too bright

[@jackschlong]

+TilikumTilikumShamuShamu TM You know nothing about her I see. Maybe you should do some research about her and her cause, before such an ignorant comment.

[@marissaruiz9963]

+Jack McSchlong you're comment is more ignorant though

[@horse-lover68]

@@marissaruiz9963 Zip it!! Your low level propaganda did not work, she is allowed to do this!! God, read the comments before you post your captivity crap. This woman has more intelligencs as the whole SW "management"and she is a DR little barby, again: what are you and who do you think you are to judge this woman??🤣🤣🤣 Amazing and DISGUSTING!!!

[@joorcawhisperer9733]

Thank you what this lady is doing IS WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you should not be doing this with wild life the sad thing is she is against places like Sea World where people have the chance to interact yes even pet a dolphin . They are used to people . There.

[@jackschlong]

+Jo Orca Whisperer Those orcas are use to her and have interacted with her when she has free dived with them and filmed them hunting and frolicking, but if you haven't seen any of her documentaries, followed her research on orcas, how would you know? She is not harassing them. Videos like this are from people, organizations, that profit from orcas, like sea world. I myself fully support her and what she's doing. It's called research. If only some how she could teach these magnificent creatures to not trust and avoid humans at all cost, sooner or later, it will be their demise if they don't.

[@kimwilson4703]

They wernt used to people when they were snatched from the sea and their family's. Then separated. Stuck in a tiny tank and forced to tricks every day for the rest of their lives. Also sure tillikum will never be used to a human masturbating him to get his sperm to force breed the females! It dosent take a scientist to see sea world are wrong on every level and should never ever have taken these animals for YOUR pleasure in the first place! Idiot

[@TheOrcas94]

+Jack McSchlong Here we go with assuming again. It doesn't matter if the whales are used to her. She is harrassing them. Instead of looking at them she's playing with the orca like its a pet. That's not research thats playtime. In Australia's shark bay when the dolphins come up to humans. You are told not to initiate contact.That's what she's doing, intiating contact. It doesn't matter if she's free dived with them. And anyways its humans that get these animals in trouble anyways so its probably a good idea to not trust us.

[@jackschlong]

She does research to save the orcas, Places like Sea World are just for profit, and the animals suffer. Very small minded people like you, do not see the difference. Maybe you should try to do a little research on how they "catch" an orca, your ignorance is astounding, hopefully you actually know how to read. If not, please have a child to read this to you, there's pictures, it might help you......but I'm doubting it. Here's the site, please have a child show you how to access it. www.seaworldofhurt.com/orca-capture/

[@TheOrcas94]

Jack McSchlong Come on man act like a grown up. Stop with all the lame jokes. And have a grown up conversation. You're a grown man. (I guess you are anyways). The majority of Ingrid Visser work is rescuing stranded orcas and swimming with them. Btw, the majority of orcas at SeaWorld were brought over from other parks because they couldn't care for them. SeaWorld hasn't collected orcas from the wild in 35 years "SeaWorld is just for profit." Clearly you need to do your research. SeaWorld has rescued, rehabilitated and released 27,000 animals. They are as of right now helping out the sea lion crisis. They rescued, rehabilitated, and released a grey whale calf. They are also right now helping sharks suffering from "finning". They pledged 11 million dollars for animal conservation this year. Has Ingrid Visser done any of that?