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A Puget Sound orca in captivity : the fight to bring Lolita home

Title

A Puget Sound orca in captivity : the fight to bring Lolita home / Sandra Pollard ; forward by David Neiwert.

Author

Pollard, Sandra

Publication

Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2019.
©2019

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Additional Authors

Neiwert, David, 1956-

Description

159 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

"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 survivor is Tokitae, also known as Lolita, and she's spent most of her life performing at the Miami Seaquarium. For twenty years, the Orca Network has called for her release, and now the indigenous' Lummi Nation, People of the Sea, have joined the fight. Author Sandra Pollard chronicles the extraordinary effort to bring Tokitae home"--Page 4 of cover

Subject

Genre/Form

History.

Note

Includes notes (pages 155-159).

Contents

Stolen freedom -- Hugo and Lolita -- Bring Lolita home -- Spirit in the water -- Lolita's day -- The whale bowl -- Keiko, Luna and Springer -- Slave to entertainment -- The curse of captivity -- Trials and tribulations -- Darkness falls -- Hope for the future.

ISBN

9781467140379
1467140376
9781540237224
1540237222

LCCN

2018958989

OCLC

on1083766175
1083766175
SCSB-14104590

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library