of the exclusively fish-eating ecotype of orca in the northeast Pacific Ocean. The southern resident orcas form a closed society with no emigration or...

Northern resident orcas, also known as northern resident killer whales (NRKW), are one of four separate, non-interbreeding communities of the exclusively...

populations of orcas (Orcinus orca). Primarily found in these nearshore waters are three major ecotypes: northern residents, southern residents, and transients...

United States such as SeaWorld have not collected wild orcas in over 35 years. 25 of the 33 orcas on display in the US, Argentina, Spain, and France were...

human fisheries. In late 2005, the southern resident orcas were placed on the U.S. Endangered Species list. Orcas are not usually a threat to humans,...

distress over the prior two days. Lolita was a member of L Pod of the southern resident orcas. She was a close relative of L25 "Ocean Sun", who is the oldest...

world. Resident orcas can be divided into at least three distinct communities; northern, southern and southern Alaskan. Southern Alaskan resident orcas are...

approx, died c. 2016), also known as J2, was a female orca of the J pod of southern resident orcas notable for her long life. Early estimates placed her...

recovery? Orcas adopted by Obama girls". San Juan Journal. Retrieved July 31, 2018. Center for Whale Research (June 17, 2018). "Southern Resident Orca Community...

/ʃæmuː/ (unknown – August 16, 1971) was a female orca captured in October 1965 from a southern resident pod. She was sold to SeaWorld San Diego and became...

Dozens of orcas (killer whales) are held in captivity for breeding or performance purposes. The practice of capturing and displaying orcas in exhibitions...

Whale: The True Story of an Orca Named Luna. The loss of Luna reduced the number of mature males of Southern Resident orcas to just two individuals who...

Harbor orca capture operation was the first planned, deliberate trapping of a large group of orcas (killer whales). 15 southern resident orcas were trapped...

communication systems of orcas correspond with their large brains and complex social structure. The three southern resident orca pods share some calls with...

exception that did not include Lolita as part of the ESA-listed Southern resident orcas that live in Washington and British Columbia waters. Activists...

later identified as a member of J Pod of the southern resident orcas. At the time of his capture, orcas were widely feared and hated. In 1972, Washington...

the Free Willy trilogy of films. Windsor Safari Park Captive orcas List of captive orcas List of individual cetaceans "One Dolphin's Story – Ramu/Winston"...

Beginning in 2020, a subpopulation of orcas (Orcinus orca) began ramming boats and attacking their rudders in waters off the Iberian Peninsula. The behaviour...

Save A Starving Orca, Oregon Public Broadcasting Bob Friel (August 27, 2018), "Orcas in the Mist – The Pacific Northwest's Southern Resident killer whales...

Whale was the orca's advertised name at first, but she was later renamed Skana. Walter was captured from K Pod of the southern resident orcas in 1967 by...

Orcas (or killer whales) are large, powerful aquatic apex predators. There have been incidents where orcas were perceived to attack humans in the wild...

hunting and killing orcas for its research. Moby Doll began the transformation of the species' image, followed by the next few captive orcas. They initiated...

Seattle's indigenous population and the region's orca population, one of the Southern resident orcas, J17, was nicknamed Princess Angeline after Kikisoblu...

List of individual cetaceans https:// www.kintocetaceans.org/the-orcas.html "Orcas in the SWC Petting Pool - Exploring the Cetacean-Human Relationship"...

and selling a number of orcas during the late 1960s and early 1970s. When the first ever successful feeding of a captive orca occurred, coincidentally...

killer whales (orcas). While mammal-eating transient orcas are gradually increasing in population, fish-eating southern resident orcas have struggled...

is invasive, but the NMFS made the unilateral decision to tag southern resident orcas. The L95 whale died 5 weeks after being shot with a barbed satellite...

of killer whales, known as the Southern resident orcas, have rights of nature and should be protected due to the orca's significant "cultural, spiritual...

"saltwater people", saw orcas as their reincarnated ancestors, whalers in particular, due to the similarity in coloration of the orcas and the traditional...

expedition to the San Juan Islands to film and raise awareness for the Southern Resident Orca Pod. The following year, they traveled to Nepal to film wild Bengal...