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Steven Rice, a recent transplant from Philadelphia, learned through the Orca Network about chasing whale sightings around Seattle. On clear days he checks the updates on Facebook, hitting refresh ...
In July 2012, Shouka, a female orca on a breeding loan to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom from Marineland France, lunged out of the water during a show, throwing her trainer several feet backwards. The orca repeatedly lunged out of the water, attempting to reach her trainer. The incident was caught on video by an audience member.
Initially named Walter the Whale, [144] [145] this orca was taken into captivity during the Yukon Harbor orca capture operation, which 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 ...
“Impressive to see the orcas, beautiful animals, but also a dangerous moment.” Sailors see group of orcas approaching them — then things got ‘dangerous,’ video shows Skip to main content
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After a legal battle, all orca captures in Washington came to an end. While orca captures in BC came to an end a year later in 1977, [26] captures in other areas such as Iceland continued well into the 1980s. Orca behavior and social life in the Salish Sea came to the public eye in the early 1970s with the works of Mike Bigg.
The 12-county Puget Sound region, including Seattle and Tacoma, has quadrupled to four million people since the 1950s, and the state predicts one million more residents by 2025. [10] The PSRC predicts that between 2000 and 2020 the region will increase by 1.7 million people.
A New Zealand man has been fined over a social media video in which he tries to “body slam” an orca swimming next to his boat. Man is fined for trying to 'body slam' killer whale Skip to main ...