Four endangered Southern Resident orcas are still missing
At the moment, the total population of Southern Resident orcas is thought to be 85, down by three percent – a significant loss for a population that is struggling to survive. Researchers are awaiting...
View ArticleEndangered orcas now safer from planned seismic survey
Update: The project was given permission to complete the first leg of their expedition because it is based farther offshore and unlikely to impact the Southern Resident orcas this time of the year....
View ArticleFree Event Commemorating Orca Captures – August 8th, 2012
August 8 will mark 42 years since Lolita was pulled from her home and family, tied to a flatbed truck and driven to Seattle for delivery to Miami. (Orca Network) Penn Cove Orca Capture Anniversary...
View ArticleNew Threat to Southern Resident Orcas – Farmers Sue to Remove Endangered Status
Read it and weep – not because this case has much of a chance of winning, but because it is so openly pitting the interests of industry (agriculture in this case) against the interests of...
View ArticleEndangered Orca Population Has a New Calf!
8/6/12 The fragile Southern Resident orca population increased its number by one, bringing it to a total of 86. Details are still sketchy, but the presumed mother is J-37, which would make this new...
View ArticleSeaWorld’s New Orca Calf – a New Low in Their Inbreeding Program
Loro Parque, Spain has announced the birth of a new orca calf…the announcement coming two weeks or so after the calf was actually born. For the second time in two years the mother orca, 10 year old...
View ArticleThe Real SeaWorld – Understanding the Captivity Controversy (Video Features...
Now in their usual fall pattern, the Southern Resident orcas are happily searching for salmon down near Seattle where they entertain us as they forage and frolic (check Orca Network for the whales’...
View ArticleGovernment Must Protect Captive Southern Resident Orca Under Endangered...
FEDS AGREE TO RECONSIDER PLIGHT OF ORCA AT MIAMI SEAQUARIUM Lawsuit Means Government Must Protect Deprived Orca Under Endangered Species Act or Supply a Legal Reason Why Not to Do So October 12, 2012...
View ArticleSouthern Resident Killer Whale Recovery Program Update From NOAA
Southern Resident Killer Whale Recovery Program Update NOAA Fisheries and Fisheries and Oceans Canada recently held their final workshop on the effects of salmon fisheries on Southern Resident killer...
View ArticleHappy Halloween From an Unhappy Whale
Please help return this whale to the wild, learn more here.
View ArticleOrca Whales May Lose Endangered Species Status – NOAA Accepted Petition to...
Update 12/7/12: Orca Network’s Howard Garrett fully addresses this subject in the following post that follows this one, Southern Resident Orcas are Targeted by Those Who Want to Demolish the Endangered...
View ArticleSouthern Resident Orcas are Targeted by Those Who Want to Demolish the...
The following was written as a guest article for this blog by Howard Garrett, Co-founder, Director and President of the Board of Orca Network – all rights are reserved, please contact Orca Network for...
View ArticleSouthern Resident Orca “Scoter” Hit by Invasive Satellite Tag by NOAA – To...
The NOAA announcement: Southern Resident Killer Whale Satellite Tagging December 31, 2012 Update – As a continuation of a project began last year to help us understand where Southern resident killer...
View ArticleJ Pod Orca Whales Are Back – All of Them!
Today (15 May 2013) The Center for Whale Research documented that all of the J pod whales are back in the San Juan Island region, including the oldest matriarch J2 (‘Granny”) who is believed to be...
View ArticleL Pod Orcas Lost Two Members, End of a Matriline Looms
Yesterday the Center for Whale Research reported that two adult female orcas are now dead. While both were senior members of the Southern Resident orcas and no longer able to bear calves, their roles...
View ArticleThe Orcas Have a New Baby At Last – First One in Two Years for the Southern...
This is fantastic news, the population of Southern Resident orcas now stands at 79. Great news! We finally have new calf in L pod. L86 was seen today by the Center for Whale Research (CWR) staff with a...
View ArticleSaving the Orcas – It is Up to Us, and The Whale Scouts Have a Great Plan
“What we have to do is ensure there is sufficient food supply food supply for the whales…you can’t have a pet if you don’t feed it. That’s the first thing I learned when I had a little puppy, you have...
View ArticleOur Wild Orca Whales’ Only Baby Has Died
*Photo credit: Carrie Sapp Press release from Orca Network: L120 - 7-week-old Southern Resident orca – has died The Center for Whale Research has confirmed that baby L120, only about seven weeks old...
View ArticleAnother Endangered Southern Resident Orca Has Died, Population is Now 77.
Young adult Southern Resident female orca found dead in Georgia Strait according to the Center for Whale Research A deceased orca was found earlier today near Courtenay, BC in northwest Georgia Strait...
View ArticleNew Baby Killer Whale, Just in Time for the New Year – J Pod Welcomes New...
A new calf was spotted among the Southern Resident orcas by BC Whale Tours and they quickly shared the joyous news. It looks like the mom is Slick (J 16). This is spectacular news, given the recent...
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