Lori Marino

Founder and Executive Director, The Kimmela Center for Animal Advocacy

Lori Marino is a neuroscientist and an expert in animal behaviour and intelligence. Formerly on the faculty at Emory University, she is the founder and executive director of the Kimmela Center for Animal Advocacy in Utah, and president of the Whale Sanctuary Project.

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Written by Lori Marino

An elephant standing near trees, with its trunk extended towards the ground in a grassy, fenced enclosure.

essayAnimals and humans

Happy the person

She has deep emotions, complex social needs and a large, elephant brain. Her legal personhood should be recognised too

Lori Marino

An orca swims in a clear tank, viewed through blue-framed glass panels with a backdrop of a coastal landscape.

essayOceans and water

They are prisoners

Captive orcas are tormented by boredom and family separation, but they cannot be simply released. What’s the solution?

Lori Marino

essayAnimals and humans

Eating someone

Farmed animals have personalities, smarts, even a sense of agency. Why then do we saddle them with lives of utter despair?

Lori Marino

A woman and a child playing with a dolphin in clear blue water. The child wears a life jacket and both appear to be enjoying the experience.

essayBiology

Dolphins are not healers

Dolphins are smart, sociable predators. They don’t belong in captivity and they shouldn’t be used to ‘cure’ the ill

Lori Marino