Lummi & Orcas – Kurt Russo on Liberating Lolita & Saving the Southern Residents

  The latest on the Lummi Nation’s fight to free Lolita (Tokitae), ceremonial feedings of the southern resident orcas, rights, responsibilities and reunification from Kurt Russo of the Lummi Nation Sovereignty and Treaty Protection Office. Stories of inspiring actions to save the orcas for Orca Action Month.  Skaana podcasts connect you to news and experts and their discussions about oceans, orcas and the environment. You can use the affiliate links below to support the pod. Join…

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Law & Orcas (& Sharks) With Elizabeth May, Fin Donnelly & Josh McInnes

Green Party leader Elizabeth May (@ElizabethMay) on Canada’s Free Willy Bill, NDP MP Fin Donnelly (@FinDonnelly)on how we can fight for the law to end shark finning and researcher Josh McInnes on southern resident orcas going south to California. A Skaana triple-header. Skaana podcasts connect you to news and experts and their discussions about oceans, orcas and the environment. You can use the affiliate links below to support the pod. Join the Pod……https://www.patreon.com/skaana Skaana Tip Jar… https://paypal.me/skaana…

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Dr. Jason Colby Quotes

Dr. Jason Colby Author "The region that loves them is poisoning them and starving them." “In some ways it’s the book I was meant to write and need to write." “I wanted this to be an academic book masquerading as a great beach read… I thought about titling this book .“Crazy Shit That Really Happened.” “I refer to this sometimes as the unthinkable history of the Pacific North West.” “We have very generational memories about…

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Historian Jason Colby on the History and Future of the Southern Resident Orcas

http://traffic.libsyn.com/skaana/30_Jason_Colby_Talks_about_Namu.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Android | RSS Jason Colby (@jasoncolby2) author of Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean’s Greatest Predator on the history of humanity’s relationship with orcas – and his personal connection to the capture era. “I refer to this sometimes as the unthinkable history of the Pacific North West.” Skaana podcasts connect you to news and experts and their discussions about oceans, orcas and the environment.…

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Paul Watson Quotes

Paul Watson Founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society “We’re killing these incredibly beautiful, socially complex, sentient creatures for the purpose of making a weapon meant for the mass extermination of human beings. And that’s when it struck me we’re insane, as a species we’re insane. And that’s when I said I’ll never do anything for people. I’m going to do this for them. (whales)” “No orca has ever attacked any human being in the…

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Sea Shepherd Captain Paul Watson on the fight to save fish, whales, oceans and humans

Captain Paul Watson (@CaptPaulWatson) founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (@SeaShepherdSSCS) on the Sea Shepherd’s journey from outlaws to law enforcement and his battles to save the fish, the whales and the oceans. “To be a real conservationist, you have to look ahead a million years.” Skaana podcasts connect you to news and experts and their discussions about  orcas, oceans and the environment. You can use the affiliate links below to support the pod. Join…

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