![]() ![]() And if you want to read the first great book about killer whales, I highly recommend Erich’s Orca: The Whale Called Killer (newly released as an e-book).Įrich told me more about the history of Russia’s killer whales and what has been happening with regard to wild captures than I could get into the Outside article (which is doing its best to break Outside Online’s social media sharing record, with more than 4000 Facebook shares so far). The Russian Orca Facebook page can be found here. If you are interested in following Erich’s work, his blog can be found here. Hoyt is co-director of the Far East Russia Orca Project (FEROP), which has been studying wild orcas off the Kamchatka peninsula for more than a decade, and has been an important source of news on both wild beluga captures AND (now) wild orca captures. The article was based on information from author and Whale And Dolphin Conservation Research Fellow Erich Hoyt. In the past year, 8 wild orcas have been captured, potentially presaging a new orca gold rush as marine park development continues in Asia. ![]() Late last week I published an article at Outside Online about recent Russian wild orca captures. ![]()
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