YOCA - yoga pour la cause animale

16/06/2026

02/05/2026

Orcas are extraordinary beings. ✨

They can swim up to 40 miles a day and dive hundreds of feet deep.🌊

They live within tight-knit family groups that share complex cultures passed down through generations. 👵

Their intelligence is rooted in social bonds, communication, and self-awareness.🧠

When they travel the ocean, they rely on:

-echolocation, getting detailed information about their surroundings

-hearing, processing sounds up to 200 kHz (when it’s only 20 kHz for humans)

-vision, adapting to the blue-green spectrum of light 

-touch, exploring objects or gently rubbing or nudging each other

-and biomagnetism, using the Earth’s magnetic fields to orient themselves in the ocean

In captivity, their sensory experiences are severely restricted.

Confined spaces strip them of movement, purpose, and connection. Studies have shown that many captive orcas suffer severe tooth damage due to stress and boredom.

In tanks, orcas lack stimulation and are exposed to loud music, screams, and constant noise from pumps. They often swim in endless circles or float motionless at the surface.

Many captive cetaceans die young due to stress, boredom, and a likely suppressed immune system. In the wild, they can live up to 80 years.

Orcas are genetically built to roam, hunt, and live freely across vast oceans. Whether born in the wild or in captivity, they simply cannot thrive in confinement.

Do you want to take concrete action to protect cetaceans and end their exploitation? Join our next online yoga class on Wednesday, May 6, at 6:30 p.m.! This class will be in English. Registration is by donation to the OneVoice association, which advocates for the freedom of Wikie and Keijo and oppose dolphinarium captivity. 

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28/04/2026

🐋Wikie and Keijo are orcas born in captivity in the now-closed Marineland Park, in Antibes, France. They now remain trapped in deteriorating, algae-filled tanks with no clear future.

What should we do with marine animals kept by humans at a time when mindsets are evolving?

On one side, there is the urgency to offer them better living conditions, far from artificial tanks and shows. On the other, a complex reality: these orcas cannot simply be released into the ocean after a lifetime in captivity.

Today, Wikie and Keijo could be transferred to the Spanish Loro Parque in Tenerife, in smaller pools, leading to prolonged suffering for the orcas.💔

Or they could be transferred to a marine sanctuary in Nova Scotia, or in Europe (yet to be built).🌊

Beyond their story, Wikie and Keijo raise a bigger question: what kind of future can we envision for animals that have been victims of human exploitation?

Their future depends on the decisions we make today. What if we finally chose to put their well-being first?

Do you want to take concrete action to protect cetaceans and end their exploitation? Join our next online yoga class on Wednesday, May 6, at 6:30 p.m.! This class will be in English. Registration is by donation to the OneVoice association, which advocates for the freedom of Wikie and Keijo and oppose dolphinarium captivity. 

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Find all the resources used for this post and clickable links on our linktr.ee.

 

23/04/2026

C'est ce samedi, sous le soleil, et pour les animaux :) Tu nous rejoins ?
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20/04/2026

🌍🦉 Avec le changement climatique, la faune sauvage est de plus en plus fragilisée… et nos activités humaines n’arrangent rien. Chaque geste compte quand on croise un animal en détresse.
Face à une situation qui peut sembler urgente, le plus important est d’agir avec calme et discernement. Observer, demander conseil, limiter les manipulations… autant de réflexes essentiels pour lui donner une vraie chance de survie 🐾

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Tu souhaites aider concrètement la faune sauvage ? Rejoins notre prochain cours de yoga militant en plein air au Parc Montsouris, Paris 14e, le samedi 25 avril à 10h30 🌳🧘!

Les inscriptions se font sur donation à l'association Faune Alfort, seul centre de soin toutes espèces en Île-de-France, qui a accueilli pas moins de 10 552 animaux en 2025.

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