#srkw

[derangedhyena-delphinidae]

URGENT! DO YOU WANT TO HELP THE SOUTHERN RESIDENTS? PLEASE HELP US WRITE, CALL AND TEXT!

A lawsuit, National Wildlife Federation vs National Marine Fisheries Service, may finally determine the fate of the 4 Lower Snake River Dams, the salmon who spawn there and the remaining 75 Southern Resident Orca who desperately need salmon to survive. Biden needs to know that we want those dams breached. He's broken enough of his climate promises - let him know that, and the extinction of these amazing animals, isn't an option!

Public comment is also being sought on the matter. Please visit our page, BidenBreachNow, for talking points, social media shareables, and extensive information about why the dams need to go. This is a critical time. Please call, text, write or email, every day if you can, until August 31st. Even if you already have acted and/or shared, please do it again. Please keep sharing because every voice counts! The Snake River was once one of the top salmon rivers in the world. That is sadly no longer the case. Four deadbeat dams on the Lower Snake River have cost an estimated 8 to 9 billion dollars in failed salmon recovery attempts - taxpayer money! - and they lose millions more every year generating unstorable surplus energy. What they do sell is often sold at a loss. The dams continue to get older and costlier to maintain, while solar and wind energy have replaced their power output; energy efficiency alone has done the same seven times over.

These dams aren't even clean energy! Their reservoirs emit huge amounts of methane, which contributes to the climate crisis. Please help spread this if you can, and join in. We have a real chance here to get this done - so let's do it.

As the late and great Ken Balcomb said: "We're at a point in history where we need to wake up to what we have to consider: do we want whales, or not?"

He never stopped fighting for the Southern Residents, and neither should we.

#srkw #bidenbreachnow #orca #salmon #orcanize #southern residents #snake river dams #killer whale #conservation

[trua23]

The residents

#killer whale #orcas #orca #killer whales #cetaceans #ocean #southern resident orcas #southern resident killer whales #salish sea #srkw

[cipher-the-sidhe]

NEW BABY SPOTTED WITH J40 SUTTLES!!!

This is not a drill!!! New J pod babyyyyy (spotted for the first time yesterday so likely only a few days old, reported by the Center for Whale Research)

*crying, wailing, doin a little dance etc etc*

( Photo credit to Maya Sears )

#j pod #southern resident killer whales #srkw #J40 suttles #orcas #killer whales #ahhhh!!! new babyyyyy!!! #fingers crossed it’s a female #doing a jig in my kitchen over this #eeeeeeeee!!!!💜✨🥳🐋

[scapegrace74-blog]

A little something extra special happened this Christmas. A new orca baby, J60, was observed in the Puget Sound of Washington State. The baby was born sometime between December 23rd and 27th, so Feliz Navidad, little one.

The number of critically endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales alive in the wild now stands at 76.

(Source)

#orca #srkw

[semiotomatics]

NEW CALF IN J POD THIS IS NOT A DRILL THERE'S BEEN A NEW J POD CALF SPOTTED!!! 😭😭😭

#this has been an original post #british columbia #salish sea #puget sound #pacific northwest #orca #killer whale #orcinus orca #j pod #srkw #southern resident killer whales #southern resident orcas #J 40 IS THE SUSPECTED MOTHER!!! #oh my god i hope they thrive #plsplsplspls #it's a christmas miracle 😭

[cetacean-central]

Unfortunately new research is showing the southern residents are quite inbred, this is impacting their recovery :(

#killer whales #orca #southern resident killer whales #southern residents #SRKW #whales #whale #ceteaceans

[believeyourstory]

I wonder if the whales will know… the man who used to follow them on the water for 46 years is gone. The one who championed for them and their survival. Who celebrated their births and mourned their deaths with them. I wonder if they will feel it. My heart just aches. The man who loved them so, he devoted half his life for them to ensure they had a future in this world.

Rest easy Ken.

#killer whales #orcas #whales #southern resident killer whale #srkw #ken balcomb

[cetuselena]

J2 Granny

#no fish no blackfish #blackfish #killer whale #orca #dolphin #whale #srkw

[gojoscupcake]

Srk once said...

"kehne ki Ho dil me koi baat mujhe kaho, koi pal Ho din Ho chahe raat mujhe kaho"

So now I'm dumping all my Trauma in his Dms 😭

#being desi #desi academia #desi aesthetic #desi culture #desi dark academia #desi humor #desi memes #desi shit posting #desi stuff #desiblr #desi things #desi tag #design #desi teen #srkw #srk shirtless pic #srk in brahmastra #srk movies #srk kajol #main hoon na

[foolstemper]

New prints and stickers are up in my shops! I got some Loving Orca prints and holographic art stickers on etsy and a whole bunch’a other stuff on redbubble and threadless. Check em out, if ya wanna.

#orca #srkw #Biggs orca #killer whale #art #illustration #painting #digital art #art prints #stickers #holographic stickers #shop #artist #foolstemper

[snini-9]

J59 Confirmed Female!!

On May 26, the Center for Whale Research staff encountered J pod during a photo-ID and aerial observation survey. The whales were very social, with lots of rolling both under and at the surface. During this encounter, the team managed to capture photographs and drone video of the ventral side of the pod’s youngest member, J59. From this, the team was able to determine that J59 is a female.

Having another female is good news for the southern residents; the population’s growth is largely limited by the number of reproductively aged females. While one calf won’t save the population, we hope that J59 can grow to adulthood and contribute to future generations of southern residents.

Credit to the Center for Whale Research 

#J59 #srkw #southern resident killer whales #southern resident community #southern resident orcas

[derangedhyena-delphinidae]

John Carlos Frey wants to make a documentary like we've never seen in this space before. "John Carlos Frey is an investigative reporter, documentary filmmaker and author. He has dedicated his career to exposing the abuses of government and those in positions of power. He has a proven track record and is a strong advocate for the voiceless. Mr. Frey's work has been featured on ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, PBS, Hulu and HBO to name a few. His work has garnered critical acclaim and six Emmy Awards." Please help us spread the word about his fundraiser so we can get more eyes - and hopefully more money - on this project. It will be an invaluable piece of media and is sorely needed.

#srkw #southern residents #conservation #documentary

[trua23]

A southern resident spy hops in the Salish Sea

#killer whale #orcas #orca #killer whales #cetaceans #ocean #southern resident orcas #southern resident killer whales #salish sea #srkw

[cipher-the-sidhe]

Meet L-112: Sooke. This young female Southern Resident Orca died of blunt force trauma, cause unknown. Learning from her tragically young death can do a lot of good for further preserving and protecting her critically endangered living family in L, K, and J pods.

This big boy is L-8, Moclips! You can’t really get a good idea of how big this 18 year old bull was, even with me standing dwarfed next to his skeleton, but he was HUGE!

(Skeletons on display at the Whale Museum on San Juan island, WA)

#srkw #orca survey #L112 Sooke #L112 #southern resident orcas #southern resident killer whales #orcas #killer whale #L8 moclips #the center for whale research #the whale museum

[scapegrace74-blog]

A wonderful Canada Day gift.

The critically endangered Southern Resident Killer Whale population has increased by 2.   Two new babies in L pod were officially recorded for the first time yesterday in the Strait of Georgia (between Vancouver and Vancouver Island).  They are estimated to be about 2 months old and look healthy.

The number of SRKW alive in the wild now stands at 76.

(Source)

#orca #srkw #british columbia

[killerwhaleartist]

One of the greatest accomplishments and milestones, as an artist, is finishing your first ever mural. I was commissioned to come down to Penn Cove, WA and paint a piece of Tokitae that would send a message. Many years ago, in 1970, 80 whales were rounded up in Penn Cove. 7 of these whales would be taken for a life of captivity, Tokitae included. 5 orcas would drown in the capture process and their bodies would be cut open and filled with rocks so as to sink them. Their bodies were secretly disposed of to prevent them being added to the tally of whales caught during this process. Throughout the years, each orca taken from the captured died a premature death. None reaching their average life expectancy. All except for one: Tokitae. Despite some of the most deplorable conditions known to man and orca captivity history, Tokitae managed to outlive her kin. She has been surviving in what is known as “The Whale Bowl” in Miami Seaquarium. This tank is falling apart, doesn’t keep up to code, and is slowly turning into Tokitae’s tomb. It is hoped that the Dolphin Company, Florida officials, and veterinarian staff will do the right thing and bring Tokitae home to the Puget Sound. Let her live the rest of her days in a seapen, retired from entertainment and a lifetime of mistreatment.

If you’d like to visit this mural, go to Scenic Heights on Whidbey Island. Follow the road and look for the house with orcas!

#killer whale #orca #southern resident killer whales #orca art #killer whale art #dolphin #whale #miami seaquarium #PNW #Puget sound #srkw #marine mammal #ocean