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A pod of orcas moving through the inland waters of Alaska. The Orca Welfare and Safety Act is a bill passed in the U.S. state of California in 2016. The bill phases out the holding of killer whales in captivity and establishes standards for treatment of all remaining captive orcas in zoos. [1]
In September 1962 in Washington waters off the west side of San Juan Island, Marineland of the Pacific collector Frank Brocato lassoed a female salmon-eating southern resident orca. [8] When she and an accompanying male thumped his boat with their flukes, Brocato started shooting from his rifle, killing the female—the first of many southern ...
Black salve, also known by the brand name Cansema, is an ineffective and unsafe alternative cancer treatment.The product is commonly classified as an escharotic—a topical paste which destroys skin tissue and leaves behind a scar called an eschar. [1]
The most effective and commonly used treatment of BCC is Mohs surgery, which involves removing thin layers of skin to be examined for signs of cancer. The process continues, layer by layer, until ...
Bigg was the first to identify transient orcas as significantly different in eating habits, behavior, and distribution from resident orcas; hence they bear his name. His recommendation in the late 1970s that orcas be placed on the endangered list in Canada fueled interest in protecting the animals throughout the region.
As with residents and transients, the lifestyle of these whales appears to reflect their diet; fish-eating orcas off Norway have resident-like social structures, while mammal-eating orcas in Argentina and the Crozet Islands behave more like transients. [122] Orcas of the same sex and age group may engage in physical contact and synchronous ...
Sarah Ferguson is not undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with skin cancer earlier this year. “I have to be checked regularly and I have to put cream on my face to get out past sun damage ...
Each additional killer whale requires a pool with an additional 10,900 cubic feet (308 m 3) of volume. 9 CFR 3.104 also requires a minimum of 680 square feet (63 m 2) surface area per killer whale in Table IV (the example with a cylindrical tank 48 feet (15 m) in diametre for two whales provides 905 square feet (84.1 m 2) of surface area per ...