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Edward Irving "Ted" Griffin (born November 22, 1935) is an American former aquarium owner and entrepreneur who was the first man to ever swim with a killer whale in a public exhibition, with the whale named Namu. [1]
The Yukon Harbor orca capture operation was the first planned, deliberate trapping of a large group of orcas (killer whales). 15 southern resident orcas were trapped by Ted Griffin and his Seattle Public Aquarium party on 15 February 1967, in Yukon Harbor on the west side of Puget Sound. [1]
Ted Griffin thus acquired his first orca for $8,000, and named him Namu for the area where he was captured. [2] Namu survived a year in Griffin's hands. The aquarium closed on September 12, 1976, due to the forthcoming opening of the city-built Seattle Aquarium on Pier 59.
In June 1965, William Lechkobit discovered a 22-foot (6.7m) male orca in his floating salmon net that had drifted close to shore near Namu, British Columbia.The orca was sold for $8,000 to Ted Griffin, owner of the Seattle Marine Aquarium; [2] [3] it ultimately cost Griffin much more to transport Namu 450 miles (720 km) south to Seattle.
In her TED Talk and books such as How Animals Grieve and Animals’ Best Friends, she has advocated for recognizing these emotions and taking action to improve the lives of animals.
The very young, 14-foot (4.3 m), 2,000-pound (910 kg) southern resident orca was captured by Ted Griffin off Penn Cove, Puget Sound, Washington in October 1965 to be a companion for the male orca Namu at Griffin's Seattle public aquarium.
Sutton Foster has filed for divorce from Ted Griffin after 10 years of marriage. The two-time Tony winner got married to the Ocean’s Eleven screenwriter in October 2014 in Santa Barbara ...
Meanwhile, Sutton, 49, filed for divorce from her husband of 10 years, Ted Griffin, last October. Sutton previously described Hugh as one of her “best friends” as she detailed their onstage ...