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A Puget Sound Orca in Captivity

The Fight To Bring Lolita Home

by Sandra Pollard ...

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-endangered orcas were torn from their home and sent to marine parks around the globe. Just over a decade later, all but one had died. This lone ... Read more

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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-endangered orcas were torn from their home and sent to marine parks around the globe. Just over a decade later, all but one had died. This lone
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Puget Sound Whales for Sale

The Fight to End Orca Hunting

by Sandra Pollard ...

A look at the history of the commercial capturing of orcas in Washington's Puget Sound, the whales taken, and the efforts to save them.In November, 2005, Washington's iconic killer whales, known as Southern Resident orcas, were placed on the endangered species list. It was a victory long overdue for a fragile population of fewer than one hundred whales. Author and certified marine naturalist ... Read more

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A look at the history of the commercial capturing of orcas in Washington's Puget Sound, the whales taken, and the efforts to save them.In November, 2005, Washington's iconic killer whales, known as Southern Resident orcas, were placed on the endangered species list. It was a victory long overdue for a fragile population of fewer than one hundred whales. Author and certified marine naturalist
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Orca

The Whale Called Killer

by Erich Hoyt ...

"Hoyt's passionate sense of kinship with orca makes his account effective as both a science and literature. He has chronicled his adventures and discoveries ...with grace, insight, wit--and a comprehensiveness that might satisfy even Herman Melville."(Discover Magazine)Star performers in aquariums and marine parks, killer whales were once considered to be too dangerous to approach in the wild. ... Read more

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"Hoyt's passionate sense of kinship with orca makes his account effective as both a science and literature. He has chronicled his adventures and discoveries ...with grace, insight, wit--and a comprehensiveness that might satisfy even Herman Melville."(Discover Magazine)Star performers in aquariums and marine parks, killer whales were once considered to be too dangerous to approach in the wild.
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Beneath the Surface

Killer Whales, SeaWorld, and the Truth Beyond Blackfish

by John Hargrove, Howard Chua-Eoan ...

*Now a New York Times Best Seller*Over the course of two decades, John Hargrove worked with 20 different whales on two continents and at two of SeaWorld's U.S. facilities. For Hargrove, becoming an orca trainer fulfilled a childhood dream. However, as his experience with the whales deepened, Hargrove came to doubt that their needs could ever be met in captivity. When two fellow trainers were ... Read more

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*Now a New York Times Best Seller*Over the course of two decades, John Hargrove worked with 20 different whales on two continents and at two of SeaWorld's U.S. facilities. For Hargrove, becoming an orca trainer fulfilled a childhood dream. However, as his experience with the whales deepened, Hargrove came to doubt that their needs could ever be met in captivity. When two fellow trainers were
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Amazing Dolphins: A Discovery Book

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Series series A Discovery Book
Learn all about dolphins with this beautifully illustrated book! Professional photos will delight your child as he or she finds out about dolphins and dolphin babies, including:* What dolphins eat* How dolphins play and trick their trainers* How dolphins talk* What puts dolphins in danger* How dolphins and humans help each otherThis book is designed to take about 15 minutes for a child to read, ... Read more

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Learn all about dolphins with this beautifully illustrated book! Professional photos will delight your child as he or she finds out about dolphins and dolphin babies, including:* What dolphins eat* How dolphins play and trick their trainers* How dolphins talk* What puts dolphins in danger* How dolphins and humans help each otherThis book is designed to take about 15 minutes for a child to read,
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Animal Madness

How Anxious Dogs, Compulsive Parrots, and Elephants in Recovery Help Us Understand Ourselves

by Laurel Braitman ...

****“Science Friday” Summer Reading Pick****Discover magazine Top 5 Summer Reads****People magazine Best Summer Reads**“A lovely, big-hearted book…brimming with compassion and the tales of the many, many humans who devote their days to making animals well” (The New York Times).**Have you ever wondered if your dog might be a bit depressed? How about heartbroken or homesick? Animal Madness takes ... Read more

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****“Science Friday” Summer Reading Pick****Discover magazine Top 5 Summer Reads****People magazine Best Summer Reads**“A lovely, big-hearted book…brimming with compassion and the tales of the many, many humans who devote their days to making animals well” (The New York Times).**Have you ever wondered if your dog might be a bit depressed? How about heartbroken or homesick? Animal Madness takes
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Blood and Guts

Dispatches from the Whale Wars

by Sam Vincent ...

I pull on my balaclava and step onto the bridge wing. It’s loud outside: I can hear the rumbles of nine vessels’ engines and the hiss of ten water cannons … Suddenly the bridge is full of refugees from the upper deck. They are blocking my view out the back windows, but their faces – afraid, excited, awestruck – illustrate the looming presence of the Nisshin. I bend my knees and grip the bench, ... Read more

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I pull on my balaclava and step onto the bridge wing. It’s loud outside: I can hear the rumbles of nine vessels’ engines and the hiss of ten water cannons … Suddenly the bridge is full of refugees from the upper deck. They are blocking my view out the back windows, but their faces – afraid, excited, awestruck – illustrate the looming presence of the Nisshin. I bend my knees and grip the bench,
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Killers in the Water - The New Super Sharks Terrorising The World's Oceans

by Sue Blackhall ...

Sharks are intriguing and beautiful creatures - but they can also be deadly. As we humans have explored the world's oceans and exploited them for tourism and recreation, we have found ourselves coming into contact with more and more sharks. And the outcome can be fatal. From the Seychelles to South Africa, and Australia to North America, tourists, divers and surfers have seemingly found themselves ... Read more

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Sharks are intriguing and beautiful creatures - but they can also be deadly. As we humans have explored the world's oceans and exploited them for tourism and recreation, we have found ourselves coming into contact with more and more sharks. And the outcome can be fatal. From the Seychelles to South Africa, and Australia to North America, tourists, divers and surfers have seemingly found themselves
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Big Book of Animals

Children's Book of Animal Fun Facts

by Speedy Publishing ...

Series series Books For Kids Series
Children of all ages love picture books. With bright colors and appealing pictures children are usually drawn to them and they're often the first type of book they can relate to before reading words. Seeing pictures of animals are fun for children as they are some of the first things they learn to recognize. Children learn to relate an animal with the sounds they make. A big book of animal ... Read more

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Children of all ages love picture books. With bright colors and appealing pictures children are usually drawn to them and they're often the first type of book they can relate to before reading words. Seeing pictures of animals are fun for children as they are some of the first things they learn to recognize. Children learn to relate an animal with the sounds they make. A big book of animal
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The Eye of the Elephant

An Epic Adventure in the African Wilderness

by Delia Owens, Mark Owens ...

An "exciting" true account of battling the elephant poachers of Zambia by the author of Where the Crawdads Sing and her fellow biologist ( The Boston Globe).Intelligent, majestic, and loyal, with lifespans matching our own, elephants are among the greatest of the wonders gracing the African wilds. Yet, in the 1970s and 1980s, about a thousand of these captivating creatures were slaughtered in ... Read more

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An "exciting" true account of battling the elephant poachers of Zambia by the author of Where the Crawdads Sing and her fellow biologist ( The Boston Globe).Intelligent, majestic, and loyal, with lifespans matching our own, elephants are among the greatest of the wonders gracing the African wilds. Yet, in the 1970s and 1980s, about a thousand of these captivating creatures were slaughtered in
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Last Chain on Billie

How One Extraordinary Elephant Escaped the Big Top

by Carol Bradley ...

The "powerful and haunting" biography of a star circus elephant who rebelled against her handlers and finally found freedom (Jane Goodall).Against the backdrop of a glittering but brutal circus world, Last Chain on Billie charts the history of elephants in America, the inspiring story of Tennessee's Elephant Sanctuary, and the spellbinding tale of a resilient elephant who survived a decade of ... Read more

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The "powerful and haunting" biography of a star circus elephant who rebelled against her handlers and finally found freedom (Jane Goodall).Against the backdrop of a glittering but brutal circus world, Last Chain on Billie charts the history of elephants in America, the inspiring story of Tennessee's Elephant Sanctuary, and the spellbinding tale of a resilient elephant who survived a decade of
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The Killer Whale Who Changed the World

by Mark Leiren-Young ...

The fascinating and heartbreaking account of the first publicly exhibited captive killer whale - a story that forever changed the way we see orcas and sparked the movement to save them.Killer whales had always been seen as bloodthirsty sea monsters. That all changed when a young killer whale was captured off the west coast of North America and displayed to the public in 1964. Moby Doll - as the ... Read more

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The fascinating and heartbreaking account of the first publicly exhibited captive killer whale - a story that forever changed the way we see orcas and sparked the movement to save them.Killer whales had always been seen as bloodthirsty sea monsters. That all changed when a young killer whale was captured off the west coast of North America and displayed to the public in 1964. Moby Doll - as the
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