Category: Orca

Orca, whales

‘Extinction is not an option’: the $1bn push to save orcas in Washington

‘Extinction is not an option’: the $1bn push to save orcas in Washington

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/14/orcas-washington-state-killer-whales?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress

Killer Whales, Ocean, Oceans, Orca, Pacific Ocean, Uncategorized, whales, Wildlife, Wildlife Conservation, Wildlife Protection

A baby orca’s death, a mother’s grief and a state’s call to action — NBC News Top Stories

An orca breaches in view of Mount Baker, some 60 miles distant, in the Salish Sea in the San Juan Islands, Washington on July 31, 2015.
An orca breaches in view of Mount Baker, some 60 miles distant, in the Salish Sea in the San Juan Islands, Washington, on July 31, 2015.Elaine Thompson / AP file

From 2007 to 2014, two-thirds of Pacific Northwest orca pregnancies failed. Not a single calf has survived more than three years.

via A baby orca’s death, a mother’s grief and a state’s call to action — NBC News Top Stories

Animals, First Nations, Fish, Fishing, Hunting, Killer Whales, Ocean, Oceans, Orca, Pacific Ocean, Salmon, Seals, Uncategorized, whales, Wildlife, Wildlife Conservation, Wildlife Protection

B.C. group wants to kill the seals to save the whales – CBCNews

by Greg Rasmussen (via msn.com)

an animal with its mouth open: Associated Press
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Ken Pearce throttles back on his outboard motor, his boat slowing as it cuts through the waters of the lower Fraser River near Steveston, B.C.

He’s spotted a half-dozen seals swimming in a side channel.

“They’ve fed on the rising tide and now they’re coming in to soak up the sun and snooze,” he says.

Pearce views the animals as a major threat to migrating salmon and the endangered killer whales that feed on them.

He wants tens of thousands of them killed in a commercial hunt.

His group, Pacific Balance Pinniped Society, has support from some First Nations, commercial fishing groups and elements of the sport fishing industry. 

Read the full article here.

Grief, Killer Whales, Orca, whales, Wildlife

After Calf’s Death, Orca Mother Carries It For Days In ‘Tragic Tour Of Grief’ — News : NPR

What began as a moment of joy ended in tragedy when the infant died last week. Since then its mother has refused to let go, holding her child tightly in what experts call a moving expression of grief.(Image credit: Michael Weiss/Center for Whale Research via AP)

via After Calf’s Death, Orca Mother Carries It For Days In ‘Tragic Tour Of Grief’ — News : NPR