New calf for the beleaguered L-pod orcas! See our Facebook page for details
The Southern Resident orcas returned to the inland waters of Washington state’s Salish Sea en mass today, after what seems like a prolonged winter along the outer coast. Their spring visits have been...
View ArticleProof That Rescuing Wild Orca Whales Works – Little Springer is Now a Mom!
Springer’s story started a little more than a decade ago when her mother died and she was separated from her family of British Columbia of Northern Resident orcas. She found her way down to Puget Sound...
View ArticleAnother New Wild Killer Whale Baby Born to J-pod!
This is fantastic news! The Southern Resident orcas have added another new member, first spotted today (2/12/15). Together with the inclusion to the population of the captive orca Lolita by a recent...
View ArticleThe New Baby Whale in J Pod Brings Hope of Recovery for the Southern Resident...
“Pacific Whale Watch Association (PWWA) crews report today a new calf spotted among the endangered Southern Resident Community, the population’s fourth baby in three months. The birth was confirmed...
View ArticleNew Baby Whale for Seattle’s Urban Orcas!
In the fall the Southern Resident orcas are frequently seen in Puget Sound, so if you live in the region you can watch for the new baby, the fifth born this year. CWR Press Release: Today there was...
View ArticleRescued orca Springer has had a second calf – join the celebration
ORPHAN ORCA SPRINGER GIVES BIRTH TO SECOND CALF The heroic rescue in Puget Sound fifteen years ago of the orphaned orca Springer (A-73) and her return home 300 miles north to Johnstone Strait will be...
View ArticleSad news from SeaWorld, their last orca calf has died
This news must be heartbreaking for those who spent almost two years in waiting for and caring for Kyara, SeaWorld’s last captive bred baby whale. No matter what your views on captivity, the whales...
View ArticleEntangled orca calf saved by whale watchers (video)
On Wednesday (August 1st) three whale watching boats off the coast of Portugal happened upon a killer whale calf that they thought was spyhopping repeatedly. As they drew closer however they...
View ArticleKiller whale calf medicated in the wild, a first!
For the first time ever, a wild orca has been administered medication via darting. Canadian and US biologists cooperated to locate and treat the three and a half year old calf, J50 (Scarlet) who is...
View ArticleUpdate on the sick little wild orca, (J 50) – new treatment plans
Biologists believe that Scarlet (J 50) may have a round worm infection, similar to what another wild calf, Springer (A 73) had when she was found lost in the Puget Sound in 2002. The good news is that...
View ArticleSaving J 50 (Scarlet); public meetings will be held by NOAA September 15th...
This announcement by NOAA, DFO Canada, and their team gives us hope that not only are they doing everything possible to save J 50 (Scarlet), but whatever actions they take will be in the best interest...
View ArticleUrgent search for the orca J 50 has begun, now missing for several days (13...
From NOAA: Unfortunately J50 has not been seen in several days of favorable conditions and sightings of her pod and family group, including J16, her mother. Teams were on the water searching...
View ArticleNew baby killer whale born to ‘deaf’ mother Morgan, who was once claimed by...
Loro Parque now has five orcas that belonged to SeaWorld, along with the Dutch orca Morgan – who SeaWorld bizarrely claimed to own before turning the lot over to this Spanish amusement park. Eventually...
View ArticleAnother update on the captive orca mother Morgan and her calf (1 October 2018)
Bottle-feeding has resumed for the calf, although the formula is augmented by the addition of Morgan's milk. The videos below show how this was done when another of Loro Parque's mother orcas, Kohana,...
View ArticleThis enchantingly adorable wild killer whale calf befriended and pranked...
When Fisheries tried to lure Luna into a netted pen, people watched him push the boat into the pen instead. On its surface, Luna’s story is about an impish lost killer whale and the people who cared...
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