Penn Cove – Blue Freedom

Katie Emmons August 23, 2013

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Lolita update: Guest-post by Howard Garrett, co-founder, Orca Network

By Howard Garrett, co-founder, Orca Network Lolita, first called Tokitae, is a female orca in her mid to late 40s who was born somewhere in the range of her extended family, the Southern Resident orcas, but was captured and ripped from her family as a youngster in 1970 ̶43 years ago. She probably still remembers […]

a new look at the Penn Cove captures

In most educational settings, people are encouraged to ask questions, learn more and get answers, but at marine parks it’s a different story. In fact, there’s one question that’s sure to make marine park proprietors cringe: Sometimes the curious person asking can be quickly assured that the whales they are seeing on display and in shows were […]