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Orca Awareness Month Is June 2016
posted on May 31, 2016
Proclamation
British Columbia and Washington State have proclaimed June 2016 as Orca Awareness Month.
The Southern Community of Resident J, K & L pods were designated as Endangered in November 2005 under the US Endangered Species Act and also in Canada. All three pods are found in Southern BC and WA waters from approximately June to December. There are also the Northern Resident Community, Transient, and Off Shore orcas.
The major factors in the decline of their populations include aquarium captures (68 were captured > 13 others drowned. The capture of young orcas resulted in a devastating abnormal age and sex ration), depleted food stocks, toxic pollution, noise, experiments, and continued boat traffic harassment. See attached Proclamation.
Orca Awareness History
Orca Awareness was started in WA State by Orca Network. For Over 10 years Lifeforce also promoted an unofficial BC Orca Awareness Month.
New Ocean Friends Facebook
OCEAN FRIENDS FACEBOOK.
Petition to Ban Cetacean Captivity
You can show Canadian Senators and MPs that Canadians support banning whale captivity in our country. PLEASE sign this Parliament Petition in support of Bill S-203 and share with friends. We only have until June 18th to get as many signatures as possible. Freedom for All!
BAN CAPTIVITY PETITION.
Banning Invasive Experiments
Sentient, endangered orca families must not continue to be treated as research tools for lucrative research grants. As Lifeforce has repeatedly stated, “They are being studied to death and it must stop!”
Globe and Mail
ORCA DIES.
Times Colonist
LIFEFORCE LETTER TO BAN EXPERIMENTS.
Music
Dana Lyons is helping promote Orca Month by sharing his Great Salish Sea video. Share the video on Facebook or via email etc. to help get the word out about the threats to our endangered orcas and to help promote the song.
The Great Salish Sea Music Video
MUSIC VIDEO.
Events
A PANEL DISCUSSION FOR ORCA AWARENESS MONTH
June 11th at 1:30 - 3:30, Oak Bay United Church Hall,1355 Mitchell Street, Victoria
See: www.orcamonthbc.blogspot.ca @orcamonthbc
Further information:
Lifeforce: Information about orcas such as Orca Field Guide (SRKWs), Whale Watching Guidelines, and our book Orca: A Family Story ((NRKWs) lifeforcesociety@hotmail.com or www.lifeforcefoundation.org
Orca Lab: Campaign to Free Corky captured in Northern BC in 1969 now at Sea World http://orcalab.org/free-corky-campaign/about-corky/
Orca Network: Campaign to Free Lolita captured in Pacific Northwest in 1970 http://www.orcanetwork.org/Main/index.php?categories_file=Lolita
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