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A Puget Sound Orca in Captivity: The Fight to Bring Lolita Home

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by Sandra Pollard
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Availability:In StockContributor:Sandra Pollard, Author of of Orcas and Men What Killer W (Foreword by)Publish date:2019-01-14Pages:160
Language:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781467140379ISBN-10:1467140376UPC:9781467140379Book Category:History, NatureBook Subcategory:United States, Animal Rights, AnimalsBook Topic:State & Local, Marine LifeSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCKX00A2GV
On August 8, 1970, the Southern Resident orcas of Puget Sound were herded into Penn Cove on Whidbey Island by explosives, spotter planes and speedboats in a coordinated effort to capture seven young whales. Between 1964 and 1976, dozens of these now-endan
Language:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781467140379ISBN-10:1467140376UPC:9781467140379Book Category:History, NatureBook Subcategory:United States, Animal Rights, AnimalsBook Topic:State & Local, Marine LifeSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCKX00A2GV
Pollard, Sandra: - Author of Puget Sound Whales for Sale and certified marine naturalist Sandra Pollard has continued to advocate for the critically endangered Southern Resident orcas, including Tokitae (Lolita), the sole survivor of the capture era. Based on Whidbey Island, Washington, she is a member of the Central Puget Sound Marine Mammal Stranding Network and a volunteer with the local education and whale sightings nonprofit organization Orca Network. Her writing career spans fiction and nonfiction publications in both the United States and the United Kingdom.

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