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  2. Orca Welfare and Safety Act - Wikipedia

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    In 2014, California Assembly member Richard Bloom introduced the assembly bill 2140 known as the Orca Welfare and Safety Act. [7] In April 2014 there was a live hearing in the Committee of Water, Parks, and Wildlife where there was no initial decision and the bill was set aside for an interim study. [7]

  3. To keep whales safe, Coast Guard launches boat alert system ...

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    In this photo provided by Kersti Muul, a pod of Bigg’s orcas, swim in Elliott Bay as a state ferry sails behind them in May 2022. The U.S. Coast Guard is launching a whale alert program in ...

  4. Environmental issues in Puget Sound - Wikipedia

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    Times have changed since the 1970s, when a billboard in Seattle read "the last person to leave Seattle please turn out the lights". [9] Between 1970 and 2000, the Puget Sound region's population increased by 1.3 million people.

  5. Orca - Wikipedia

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    The Haida regarded orcas as the most powerful animals in the ocean, and their mythology tells of orcas living in houses and towns under the sea. According to these stories, they took on human form when submerged, and humans who drowned went to live with them. [ 176 ]

  6. Images reveal how an orca pod hunts the world’s largest fish

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    An orca pod in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico has devised a cunning strategy to hunt and kill whale sharks — the world’s largest fish that can grow up to 18 meters (60 feet) in ...

  7. Orca attacks - Wikipedia

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    In November 1986, trainer Mark Beeler was held against a wall by Kandu V during a live performance. [52] On March 4, 1987, 20-year-old SeaWorld San Diego trainer Jonathan Smith was grabbed by one of the park's 5.4-tonne (6-short-ton) orcas. The orca dragged the trainer to the bottom of the tank, then carried him back to the surface and spat him ...

  8. To keep whales safe, Coast Guard launches boat alert system ...

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    Two groups of orcas — one that preys on salmon and the other on sea mammals — as well as baleen whales have cruised these waters since time immemorial and are now often visible from Seattle's ...

  9. Orcas covered in scars left by ‘cookiecutter sharks’ may be ...

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    Orcas live in three different ecotypes, or classifications. Resident orcas stay close to the shore and feed primarily on salmon along the west coast of Canada and into the Pacific Northwest of the ...