Author : Emma Carlson Berne
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 46,2 MB
Release : 2019-02-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1496581776
When an orca is rescued from a less-reputable aquarium and brought to Seaside Sanctuary, the seaside marine biology facility where her parents work, Elsa Roth is excited to help with the animal's care and rehab. It's a crucial step before it can be released into the wild. But the whale has been in captivity for a long time. It's up to Elsa and the rest of the sanctuary staff to teach the animal how to live on its own-the whale's survival depends on it.
Author : Emma Carlson Berne
Publisher : Stone Arch Books
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 48,3 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1496578627
Elsa Roth and her best friend, Olivia, are accompanying Elsa's mother on an expedition to study the diet of orcas in the San Juan Islands in the Pacific Northwest, where they are soon caught up in the drama surrounding August, a young orca calf, who has gotten separated from his pod--the marine mammal sanctuary wants to rescue and rehabilitate him for a quick return to his own pod when they can be found, but the local Oceanarium wants to keep him for display.
Author : Jason Michael Colby
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 42,6 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0190673095
Drawing on interviews, official records, private archives, and the author's own family history, this is the definitive story of how the feared and despised "killer" became the beloved "orca", and what that has meant for our relationship with the ocean and its creatures
Author : Hal Whitehead
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 31,15 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0226895319
Drawing on their own research as well as scientific literature including evolutionary biology, animal behavior, ecology, anthropology, psychology and neuroscience, two cetacean biologists submerge themselves in the unique environment in which whales and dolphins live. --Publisher's description.
Author : Mark Leiren-Young
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 19,15 MB
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1459819993
Orcas are found in every ocean on the planet, but can they survive their relationship with humans? Orcas Everywhere looks at how humans around the world (Indigenous and non-Indigenous alike) related to orcas in the past, how we relate to them now and what we can do to keep cetacean communities alive and thriving. The book deals with science, philosophy, environmentalism and ethics in a kid-friendly and accessible way. Writer, filmmaker and orca activist Mark Leiren-Young takes us back to when killer whales were considered monsters and examines how humans went from using orcas for target practice to nearly loving them to death. If you know a young person who loves Free Willy or Finding Nemo, they will fall in love with these whales.
Author : John Hargrove
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 25,27 MB
Release : 2015-03-24
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1466878819
*Now a New York Times Best Seller* Over the course of two decades, John Hargrove worked with 20 different whales on two continents and at two of SeaWorld's U.S. facilities. For Hargrove, becoming an orca trainer fulfilled a childhood dream. However, as his experience with the whales deepened, Hargrove came to doubt that their needs could ever be met in captivity. When two fellow trainers were killed by orcas in marine parks, Hargrove decided that SeaWorld's wildly popular programs were both detrimental to the whales and ultimately unsafe for trainers. After leaving SeaWorld, Hargrove became one of the stars of the controversial documentary Blackfish. The outcry over the treatment of SeaWorld's orca has now expanded beyond the outlines sketched by the award-winning documentary, with Hargrove contributing his expertise to an advocacy movement that is convincing both federal and state governments to act. In Beneath the Surface, Hargrove paints a compelling portrait of these highly intelligent and social creatures, including his favorite whales Takara and her mother Kasatka, two of the most dominant orcas in SeaWorld. And he includes vibrant descriptions of the lives of orcas in the wild, contrasting their freedom in the ocean with their lives in SeaWorld. Hargrove's journey is one that humanity has just begun to take-toward the realization that the relationship between the human and animal worlds must be radically rethought.
Author : Tim Zimmermann
Publisher : New Word City
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 22,32 MB
Release : 2016-09-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1612301630
On February 24, 2010, Tilikum, the largest killer whale at SeaWorld, suddenly dragged Dawn Brancheau, his trainer, into the pool and killed her. Journalist Tim Zimmermann set out to find out why. His riveting account of Tilikum's life, and the history of killer whale entertainment at marine parks, dives into the world of the ocean's top predator. It chronicles Tilikum's capture and separation from his family, and the physical and psychological stress he experienced in marine park pools over some 30 years. It explores Tilikum's involvement in two previous deaths. And it details the inherent risks of using captive killer whales for human entertainment. Ultimately, Zimmermann explains how the life of Tilikum came to mean the death of Dawn Brancheau.
Author : Mark Leiren-Young
Publisher : Greystone Books
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 50,96 MB
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1771641940
The fascinating and heartbreaking account of the first publicly exhibited captive killer whale — a story that forever changed the way we see orcas and sparked the movement to save them. Killer whales had always been seen as bloodthirsty sea monsters. That all changed when a young killer whale was captured off the west coast of North America and displayed to the public in 1964. Moby Doll — as the whale became known — was an instant celebrity, drawing 20,000 visitors on the one and only day he was exhibited. He died within a few months, but his famous gentleness sparked a worldwide crusade that transformed how people understood and appreciated orcas. Because of Moby Doll, we stopped fearing “killers” and grew to love and respect “orcas.” Published in Partnership with the David Suzuki Institute
Author : Rob Sleamaker
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 13,56 MB
Release : 2020-07-10
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ISBN :
This book will help you "find your Freestyle" for the open water by simplifying how to improve your swim training and your Freestyle technique. YOU'LL DISCOVER: A smart, time-efficient method for improving your open water swimming.-How to painlessly overcome the challenges most athletes face. Why a focus on better body position and increased propulsion matters. How to leverage land-based training to swim stronger, better, faster! Triathletes, open water distance swimmers, and SwimRun athletes will benefit the most from swim training that maximizes efficiency and saves precious time. Most people lead busy lives, are time-crunched, and need to optimize their time and energy investment, especially multisport athletes. Regardless of your swim background & experience, you will benefit from this distilled approach to training that is designed to address your unique situation, common limiters, and goals. Triathlon Freestyle Simplified also includes powerful wisdom & insights from many world-class coaches and athletes found in the "From Experience" sections throughout the book. Their stories and advice bring relatable, real-world perspectives that will help you maximize your swim training & improve technique. IN READING THIS BOOK, YOU WILL ALSO LEARN HOW TO: Structure a training cycle for maximum consistency & performance. Do key workouts designed to enhance speed, endurance, and efficiency. Fix common stroke limiters through focused form practice. Use essential land-based training to build strength, power, and durability.
Author : David Kirby
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 33,82 MB
Release : 2012-07-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 125000831X
From the New York Times bestselling author of Evidence of Harm and Animal Factory—a groundbreaking scientific thriller that exposes the dark side of SeaWorld, America's most beloved marine mammal park Death at SeaWorld centers on the battle with the multimillion-dollar marine park industry over the controversial and even lethal ramifications of keeping killer whales in captivity. Following the story of marine biologist and animal advocate at the Humane Society of the US, Naomi Rose, Kirby tells the gripping story of the two-decade fight against PR-savvy SeaWorld, which came to a head with the tragic death of trainer Dawn Brancheau in 2010. Kirby puts that horrific animal-on-human attack in context. Brancheau's death was the most publicized among several brutal attacks that have occurred at Sea World and other marine mammal theme parks. Death at SeaWorld introduces real people taking part in this debate, from former trainers turned animal rights activists to the men and women that champion SeaWorld and the captivity of whales. In section two the orcas act out. And as the story progresses and orca attacks on trainers become increasingly violent, the warnings of Naomi Rose and other scientists fall on deaf ears, only to be realized with the death of Dawn Brancheau. Finally he covers the media backlash, the eyewitnesses who come forward to challenge SeaWorld's glossy image, and the groundbreaking OSHA case that challenges the very idea of keeping killer whales in captivity and may spell the end of having trainers in the water with the ocean's top predators.
