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Wonderful short film dedicated to Lolita! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azdgz7r4HdQ annika@seattle 11 Mar 2010 09:12:52 PST |
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Thanks, LSBF! Best wishes to Paul and Helena, Susan and Howie, Mike Parfit and Suzanne Chisholm and all of us who loved Luna. annika@seattle 10 Mar 2010 19:45:17 PST |
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Please, remember...
http://www.reuniteluna.com/news_release.php?id=838 LSBF@S!!@ ReuniteLuna.com 10 Mar 2010 17:31:40 PST |
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Hi Lauren, I have no idea if we are permitted to record. I just do alot of listening between here and Orcasound. I feel so blessed that people actually run sites like these so we can listen and learn.
Have a great night. Sandy@Paris, Ontario 10 Mar 2010 16:31:27 PST |
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Yep. They're no way near as vocal as the residents. Very, very intersting to hear them live. Thank you so much, Darwin and Sandy for letting us know. :)
Also, are we permitted to record calls from OrcaLive and Orcasound? Lauren@US 10 Mar 2010 16:25:14 PST |
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Extremely loud calls on orcasound hydrophone!!!! Lauren@US 10 Mar 2010 16:09:48 PST |
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Oh my goodness! I hear transient calls! This my first time hearing them!!! :) Lauren @US 10 Mar 2010 16:07:37 PST |
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FINALLY!!!! Hearing calls on Orcasound right now! Sandy@Paris, Ontario 10 Mar 2010 16:04:15 PST |
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Transient(?)calls on the Lime Kiln hydrophone (Orcasound.net) Darwin@Gig Harbor, WA 10 Mar 2010 15:36:30 PST |
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Rest in peace, Luna. Your life should not have ended the way it did. Lauren@US 10 Mar 2010 13:53:36 PST |
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Good afternoon to all. Indeed it is a sad day as it never should have happened in the first place. I will always remember what a wonderful little whale he was. Sharon@Sooke 10 Mar 2010 12:40:53 PST |
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RIP Luna Dar@in sunny New York City visiting!!! 10 Mar 2010 08:51:38 PST |
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beautiful tribute for Luna from aquagreen: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZYVjNzEvoc annika@seattle 10 Mar 2010 08:17:17 PST |
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For New Zealanders, a link to a petition aimed at convincing the government not to support renewed commercial whaling: http://carter.org.nz/?page_id=567 Paul & Helena@OL@Alert Bay 10 Mar 2010 07:49:46 PST |
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...just one more prisoner. Just one more time will come for a painful leave when the "owners" decide to give baby or mom away to continue breeding. Sad! Doris@Germany 09 Mar 2010 23:41:54 PST |
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http://www.youtube.com/user/seaworld#p/a/f/0/vddYepbB7DM
New orca calf born at Sea World this past January. I'm thrilled the calf is born; however, I'm forlorn that it was born to a life of confinement. All this is wrong... Lauren@US 09 Mar 2010 21:37:29 PST |
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I had not read this article about Luna before: http://www.sharkfriends.com/whales/SavingLuna.html annika@seattle 09 Mar 2010 20:31:59 PST |
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thank you Chantelle for re-posting your Luna video, "There She Goes". It can be found here along with many other wonderful gatherings, pictures, memories, tattoos, sand and beach tributes - it's all there: http://lunastewardship.blogspot.com/ annika@seattle 09 Mar 2010 19:39:49 PST |
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thinking about Luna tonite..as I so often do..and also about Aurora and Splash. Our Luna flowers are blooming..as they have every year since that first flower on the day of Luna's death. D&M@Corpus Christi, TX USA 09 Mar 2010 18:42:24 PST |
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Oh, thank you Allan! I remember this! So beautiful!!! annika@seattle 09 Mar 2010 16:42:35 PST |
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thank you, Chantelle!!! annika@seattle 09 Mar 2010 14:49:29 PST |
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OK... 3 in a row... "Luna's Quiet Nights"
http://www.crawsnest.com/scotland/?page_id=29 allan@crawsnest 09 Mar 2010 14:48:01 PST |
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Luna's Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnFVUDdFTzM - written for him. One day when I have time, I'll cut another one with this soundtrack. enjoy Maria Chantelle Tucker@playa del carmen 09 Mar 2010 12:27:19 PST |
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Luna's favorite song: (thank you to Mike Parfit for sharing this with us - I can still picture him hearing this song and b-lining it straight to your boat...) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccCnL8hArW8 annika@seattle 09 Mar 2010 11:29:55 PST |
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Thanks Lauren, we were just going to post the link when we saw you'd already done it - unbelievable! (but it shows just how far things are sliding for whales). Paul & Helena@OL@Alert Bay 09 Mar 2010 11:26:57 PST |
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I just read that story, Lauren - can you believe it?! They are getting their whale meat from a Mercedes parked behind their restaurant? Officers, stop that car! annika@seattle 09 Mar 2010 10:56:33 PST |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/us/09sushi.html?ref=us
Sushi restaurant in Santa Monica, Calif. caught serving whale. This is a direct violation of the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Lauren@US 09 Mar 2010 10:25:36 PST |
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I am dying to know who of my OL friends will go to this years OL meet in SEPT???? Hope to see lots of you there!! :) Norma@The Netherlands 09 Mar 2010 02:50:49 PST |
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I 2nd annita's comment...been doing lots of catching up since I got home...thanks all. kathy@nanaimo, bc 08 Mar 2010 19:03:53 PST |
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thanks to everyone for all the great links, lately! annika@seattle 08 Mar 2010 18:49:41 PST |
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Wow, a plethora of great links! Thank you All:) ... and one more, the "Contact Us" page of the Blackstone Group, which owns the SeaWorlds, and have the power to make the decisions: http://www.blackstone.com/cps/rde/xchg/bxcom/hs/contactus.htm osmia@going to the top, to the ones able to make the descisions 08 Mar 2010 16:38:56 PST |
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I'm sure humpback songs are something of an acquired taste but I listen all day, every day for as long as whalesong is broadcasting! Chris@Clawson, MI 08 Mar 2010 13:02:22 PST |
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For those who didn't see it live, The Cove award last night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VauFujLCqTY Paul & Helena@OL@Alert Bay 08 Mar 2010 08:03:17 PST |
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Thanks for the link Chris! Very cool listening to this while I work. Jeff@Cleveland, OH 08 Mar 2010 08:00:14 PST |
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Thank you Chris. Great singing over there! I love humpbacks, they are majestic. Doris@Germany 08 Mar 2010 07:29:49 PST |
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Humpback singer very close to hydrophone with several in background. www.whalesong.net Chris@Clawson, MI 08 Mar 2010 07:08:42 PST |
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No big surprise here:
"Japan defends dolphin hunt in Oscar-winning 'Cove'":
http://tinyurl.com/ycahjkk Susan@Chicago 08 Mar 2010 07:03:08 PST |
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Thanks for all the links, very interesting reads. From the story Paul & Helena posted: "We don't expect SeaWorld to call an immediate halt to its ventures and simultaneously set up expensive coastal refuges for the trained orcas, which at this stage probably could not survive in the wild."
In another article that was posted here recently, I read that there ARE such sanctuaries in Brazil and Chile... Is that correct? If so, there is NO reason for SeaWorld to keep these animals... Norma@The Netherlands 08 Mar 2010 04:17:52 PST |
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How smart are killer whales http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/os-seaworld-killer-whale-brains-20100302,0,4550841.story S@UK 08 Mar 2010 02:36:16 PST |
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cu soon, see you('s) soon! b@king,nc usa earth milky way et etcbj 08 Mar 2010 01:51:20 PST |
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from the wild side: dangit, now slipped away, let me concentrate, brb, )so many good thinkings, good influences ntoday, and just yes, yus, ) So. my commet is, oh yeaah nir, :) man walks up on boy ,(or girl), and dog, asks does your dog bite?, bg answers no, man pets dog and gets 1/2 , or 3rd arm bit off. hey, bg says, :it ain't my dog" it ain't my dog. come on baqck Fred, Leo.. <3' spanish for good alls weeks etc y doeses b@king,nc usa earth milky way et etc 08 Mar 2010 01:42:31 PST |
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I prayed and prayed...oh please let The Cove win an Oscar so people will go and see, rent & buy the movie...I went 3 times and the theatre was empty every time. They Won They Won!!!! Now people will want to see the movie. I am very very happy. JayP@Winnipeg 07 Mar 2010 20:21:15 PST |
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Thanks very much, Chris (wonderful to hear humpbacks again) & Kathy (incredible image with this scary story). Re keeping orcas in captivity, here is a great editorial comment from the LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-ed-whale7-2010mar07,0,2839858.story?track=rss Paul & Helena@OL@Alert Bay 07 Mar 2010 10:55:41 PST |
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Having just returned from a round trip ferry trip north to Pr Rupert and a visit to Kitimat I am once again TOTALLY convinced that we MUST strongly oppose any plans for an oil port at Kitimat and additional tanker traffic down the Douglas Channel. For those on facebook
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?ref=profile&id=100000258993838#!/pages/Kitimat-BC/Douglas-Channel-Watch/359078515967?ref=mf and a good article at http://northword.ca/february-2010/northwest-coast-tanker-traffic kathy@nanaimo, bc 07 Mar 2010 08:20:29 PST |
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Until the orcas are back, check out http://www.whalesong.net where the humpback boys are singing their whale-y hearts out.... Chris@Clawson, MI 07 Mar 2010 07:53:43 PST |
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Appeal to President Obama to help whales: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRioXKzNHUU Paul & Helena@OL@Alert Bay 06 Mar 2010 09:07:47 PST |
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Thanks for all the different read Paul & Helena! Emilio@Seattle 06 Mar 2010 02:51:57 PST |
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Thanks, Jeff, & here is another interesting comment on Tillicum: http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/03/former-sea-world-trainer-whale-captivi paul & Helena@OL@Alert Bay 05 Mar 2010 14:40:25 PST |
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Hey Sharon I sent you an email regarding the annual meeting, please let me know if you received it.
marcela@MEXICO 05 Mar 2010 14:18:14 PST |
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Paul & Helena - thanks for posting the article. I did find 2 exerpts specific to orca resistance from the book referenced in the article - of the Animal Planet: The Hidden History of Animal Resistance. Here are the links:
http://www.counterpunch.org/hribal02262010.html
and
http://www.counterpunch.org/hribal02252010.html
Jeff@Cleveland, OH 05 Mar 2010 11:51:21 PST |