Welcome to This Week in Whales for August 26 – September 1, 2019! Welcome back to This Week in Whales!  Big things are coming soon here at Skaana! Mark Leiren-Young’s new book, Orcas Everywhere, will be on sale everywhere on 3 September, 2019 and, to celebrate, Mark will be doing an AMA on Reddit on Friday 6 September 2019 at 4pm Pacific. Definitely check it out if you get the chance! The new book is on sale…

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Welcome to This Week in Whales for Aug 19 – August 25, 2019! Welcome back to This Week in Whales!  This past week here at Skaana, we’ve been hard at work on new podcast episodes, the first of which should be out fairly soon! In the meantime, though, why not check out this clip of Skaana’s own Mark Leiren-Young on talking about his new book Orcas Everywhere on CBC Radio’s All Points West with host Robyn Burns.…

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By James Christensen – Staff Writer Welcome to Weeks in Whales for August 5 – August 18, 2019 Welcome back to This Week in Whales!  Today, we’re combining two weeks worth of news about orcas, the environment, and we’ve just come back from a brief hiatus! The past few weeks have been filled with ups and downs. Three new deaths have led to the Southern Resident Orca population in the Salish Sea dropping to 73. However, the…

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By James Christensen – Staff Writer Welcome to This Week in Whales for July 29 – August 4, 2019! Welcome back to This Week in Whales!  We’ve been hard at work here at Skaana this past week! August 8 marks the anniversary of the capture of Tokitae (Lolita), who  is still being made to perform at the Miami Seaquarium. The pressure is mounting to release her, especially with a new lawsuit against the Sequarium currently coming from…

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By James Christensen – Staff Writer Welcome to This Week in Whales for July 22 – July 28 2019! Welcome back to This Week in Whales!  Following on from our video on YouTube about saving Lolita (Tokitae) featuring Kurt Russo, we recently released another one featuring Dr. Lori Marino! That was out 27 July, 2019 – the date of Liberation4Lolita rallies around the world. Watch that over on the Skaana YouTube channel! And now, here are some…

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By James Christensen – Staff Writer Welcome to This Week in Whales for July 15 – July 21 2019! Welcome back to This Week in Whales!  This has been a very busy week here at Skaana! We have a few great new podcast episodes in the works and are back to updating our YouTube channel and posting videos on IGTV! Our newest YouTube video is an excerpt from the most recent podcast episode about the Lummi Nation’s…

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By James Christensen – Staff Writer Welcome to This Week in Whales for July 8 – July 14 2019! Welcome back to This Week in Whales!  This past week we’ve seen a lot happenings with whales around the world and near our home base of Victoria, BC.  We’ve seen the birth of a new baby orca calf,  two other Southern Resident orcas are  “missing,” and more whales have wash up dead on the Alaskan shores, once again…

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Welcome to This Week in Whales for June 30 – July 8 2019! Welcome back to This Week in Whales!  This past week we celebrated Canada Day here in British Columbia and across the Salish Sea it was Independence Day for our American friend! First off, Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young made two guest appearances! The first was on The Public Circle Podcast with Green MLA Adam Olsen where he talked about the Southern Resident Orcas and how…

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Welcome to Our First This Week in Whales Post! This past week has been busy here at Skaana! We released a new podcast episode featuring Kurt Russo from the Lummi Nation Sovereignty and Treaty Protection Office, discussing the Lummi and their relationships with orcas, started an official Skaana Instagram account, and now we’re bringing your our first ever This Week in Whales post at Skaana.org, featuring the stories we’ve posted and shared over the past week! Along with…

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