Before Kiska died, before anyone even heard the name “Port Hilford,” before COVID, there was a whale sanctuary proposed for Washington State. An online debate ensued between Orca Conservancy and The Whale Sanctuary Project. We don’t know if their stances have changed. We haven’t asked. … Continue reading TIME MACHINE 2019: The debate over a whale sanctuary in Washington state
In 2013, PETA and its partners petitioned the National Marine Fisheries Service (now also known as NOAA Fisheries) for Lolita (aka Tokitae), the lone orca at the Miami Seaquarium, to be included in the listing of the endangered Southern Resident Killer Whale population of Washington … Continue reading The Witnesses Speak Part 1
If you’re a white man of non-indigenous heritage or someone who believes conservation decisions must be based solely in Western science, you may not get much out of this piece. I was looking through the 2021 annual report for The Fund for Wild Nature, and … Continue reading Wisdom of the Poet: the Lhaq’temish, Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut, and me
In late 2021, I gave up blogging. I had been recruited by a non-profit organization (not the Whale Sanctuary Project) to devise and help implement a plan to acquire Kiska, Canada’s last remaining killer whale. This past March, Kiska died. Some of the consultants I … Continue reading Three letters – a behind the scenes look at ThemedReality advocacy
The story of Miami’s lone killer whale leaving her tank does not begin with the founding of Friends of Toki.
A wedding ceremony (denomination unknown) is conducted between Hugo and Tokitae.
