The information contained within the Ceta-Base and its respective pages come from a variety of public sources including offical park websites, news & press releases, blogs, Facebook, etc. Whenever possible the origin of our infomation will be posted on this page with a link to the original source (if available). Sources are listed below in two categories - General & Specific. General Sources lists the various tools we used to gather our data while Specific Sources are the result of this data gathering. Specific references are organized alphabetically with the following hierarchy - region > facility > source date.

General Sources of Information:

Cetacean Cousins - a cetacean inventory website useful for cross referencing and information on animals outside the United States.
Google News (free) - internet search of the latest news, keyword searches can yield relevant results.
Google News Archive (free) - general newspaper archive, PDFs of articles
OrcaHome - the original captive orca website with up to date information on captive killer whales.
Newspaper Archive (subscription service) - general newspaper archive, PDFs of articles
Reseau Cetaces - current website with cetacean news and monthly "news in brief" on captive cetaceans.
Sun-Sentinel Database: Marine Mammal Inventory Report (free) - a database reproduction of the Marine Mammal Inventory Report. Please note that his database does have some errors/typos and is most helpful when used as a cross-referencing tool.

Specific Sources of Information:

SOURCES - LUGA'LOGUE, LIVING AND DECEASED
REGION	FACILITY	SPECIES	ANIMAL	SOURCE TITLE/LINK	SOURCE TYPE	SOURCE DATE
U.S.	All	Dl	All	Marine Mammal Inventory Report (MMIR) (NMFS/NOAA) Sun Sentinel Data Base	Document & Website	2010

SOURCES - OR'CENSUS, LIVING AND DECEASED
REGION	FACILITY	SPECIES	ANIMAL	SOURCE TITLE/LINK	SOURCE TYPE	SOURCE DATE
Canada	MLC	Oo	All	Marine Mammal Inventory Report (MMIR) (NMFS/NOAA) Sun Sentinel Data Base	Document & Website	2010
Europe	BCN	Oo	Ulises	Marine Mammal Inventory Report (MMIR) (NMFS/NOAA) Sun Sentinel Data Base	Document & Website	2010
Europe	DH	Oo	All	Marine Mammal Inventory Report (MMIR) (NMFS/NOAA) Sun Sentinel Data Base	Document & Website	2010
Europe	LP	Oo	All	Marine Mammal Inventory Report (MMIR) (NMFS/NOAA) Sun Sentinel Data Base	Document & Website	2010
Europe	MLF	Oo	All	Marine Mammal Inventory Report (MMIR) (NMFS/NOAA) Sun Sentinel Data Base	Document & Website	2010
Hong Kong	OP:HK	Oo	All	Marine Mammal Inventory Report (MMIR) (NMFS/NOAA) Sun Sentinel Data Base	Document & Website	2010
Iceland	Sea Pen	Oo	Keiko	Marine Mammal Inventory Report (MMIR) (NMFS/NOAA) Sun Sentinel Data Base	Document & Website	2010
Japan	KSQ	Oo	All	Marine Mammal Inventory Report (MMIR) (NMFS/NOAA) Sun Sentinel Data Base	Document & Website	2010
Japan	NSAW	Oo	All	Marine Mammal Inventory Report (MMIR) (NMFS/NOAA) Sun Sentinel Data Base	Document & Website	2010
U.K.	WSP	Oo	All	Marine Mammal Inventory Report (MMIR) (NMFS/NOAA) Sun Sentinel Data Base	Document & Website	2010
U.S.	All	Oo	All	Marine Mammal Inventory Report (MMIR) (NMFS/NOAA) Sun Sentinel Data Base	Document & Website	2010

SOURCES - PHIN'VENTORY, LIVING AND DECEASED
REGION	FACILITY	SPECIES	ANIMAL	SOURCE TITLE/LINK	SOURCE TYPE	SOURCE DATE
ASIA-CH	OW	Tt	Hoaka	Marine Mammal Inventory Report (MMIR) Ocean World, Guangzhou	Document (116 KB, PDF)	13-May-2009
ASIA-CH	OW	Tt	Sunny	Marine Mammal Inventory Report (MMIR) Ocean World, Guangzhou	Document (116 KB, PDF)	13-May-2009
ASIA-HK	OP:HK	Lo	All	Marine Mammal Inventory Report (MMIR) Ocean Park: Hong Kong	Document (1.2 MB, PDF)	13-May-2009
ASIA-HK	OP:HK	Pc	All	Marine Mammal Inventory Report (MMIR) Ocean Park: Hong Kong	Document (1.2 MB, PDF)	13-May-2009
ASIA-HK	OP:HK	Tt	All	Marine Mammal Inventory Report (MMIR) Ocean Park: Hong Kong	Document (1.2 MB, PDF)	13-May-2009
carib	ATL: DC	Tt	All	Marine Mammal Inventory Report (MMIR) (NMFS/NOAA) Sun Sentinel Data Base	Document & Website	2010
U.S.	All	All	All	Marine Mammal Inventory Report (MMIR) (NMFS/NOAA) Sun Sentinel Data Base	Document & Website	2010
U.S.	All	Tt	All	North American Bottlenose Dolphin Studbook (AZA)	Document & Website	2010
U.S.	SWC	Tt	Diego (1968)	She's Nurse to Sick Sea Animals The Arizona Republic	Newspaper (archived)	25-May-1969