Ken Balcomb (Centre for Whale Research @CWROrcas) talks Tahlequah (J-35), Scarlet (J-50) and what we need to do to save the southern resident orcas before we meet the teams from NOAA and the DFO fighting to save Scarlet in this special update on the status of J-Pod. And the world premiere of a new song by poet & author Pauline La Bel. #FreeTheSnake Skaana connects you to news and experts and their discussions about orcas,…

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 A playlist of related videos for Episode 11 with Dr Lori Marino.

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Dr. Lori MarinoNeuroscientist, animal behaviour expert, founder and executive director of The Kimmela Center for Animal Advocacy and founder and President of the Whale Sanctuary Project"People do not want to see orcas in concrete tanks." “We would keep them safe and healthy for the rest of their lives.” “I made a concerted decision that I was not going to do any more research on captive dolphins.” “An orca that was born in captivity doesn’t know…

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Dr. Lori Marino (Blackfish; The Sanctuary Project; The Kimmela Centre for Animal Advocacy) on seeking sanctuary, captive orcas (Corky, Lolita & Kiska), animal rights and wrongs & more. “Being a dolphin in a captive environment, in a concrete tank, doing tricks, is not being a dolphin… A dolphin is someone who has a life to lead and is not necessarily interested in looking to you to enrich their lives, they’re going about their business.” Skaana…

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Zoe HopkinsAward winning director “The ocean is a planetary issue, not a First Nations issue.” “Should tankers pass through these waters, the threat of a spill is not only a potential, it is a certainty. The only uncertainty is how long would we have to wait and how many times would it happen.” (from Kayak to Klemtu)  “I wanted to make a road movie on the water.” “I’m gonna send J.T. (Justin Trudeau) a link.…

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“The ocean is a planetary issue, not a First Nations issue.” Can a determined teenager stop a pipeline? Zoe Hopkins’ new movie, Kayak to Klemtu, was inspired by the battle to stop the Northern Gateway Pipeline. Mark Leiren-Young hosted Hopkins at the 2017 Victoria Film Festival where she talked about the inspirations behind her inspiring new movie. Skaana podcasts connect you to news and experts and their discussions about our environment, oceans, and orcas. Use the…

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Aube Giroux“We have a right to know what is in our food and what is being sold to us.” “So when I came back to Canada, I couldn’t shake this nagging question, that if GMOs are labelled in 64 countries around the world, why are they not labelled in Canada and the United States? Well, that seemingly simple question ended up raising a whole bunch more  questions, about not just the state of our food,…

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“Canadians have not been consulted in this whole GMO experiment.” BC’s farmed salmon are the only genetically modified animals for sale in Canada according to guest, Aube Giroux. Award winning author and filmmaker, Mark Leiren-Young, talks to the filmmaker behind Modified about genetically modified fruits, vegetables and fish or, as our government prefers to call them, “plants with novel traits” Skaana podcasts connect you to news and experts and their discussions about our environment, oceans,…

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“Canadians have not been consulted in this whole GMO experiment.” BC’s farmed salmon are the only genetically modified animals for sale in Canada according to guest, Aube Giroux. Award winning author and filmmaker, Mark Leiren-Young, talks to the filmmaker behind Modified about genetically modified fruits, vegetables and fish or, as our government prefers to call them, “plants with novel traits” Skaana podcasts connect you to news and experts and their discussions about our environment, oceans,…

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