Orca - How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean''s Greatest Predator

Orcas are the most controversial display animal in history. But how did we come to care about them in the first place? Drawing upon previously unavailable documents and interviews, this book explores our love affair with killer whales, and its impact on science, the marine park industry, and modern environmentalism.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1. "The Most Terrible Jaws Afloat"


• 2. The Old Northwest


• 3. Griffin's Quest


• 4. Murray Newman and Moby Doll


• 5. Namu's Journey


• 6. A Boy and His Whale


• 7. Fishing for Orcas


• 8. Skana and the Hippie


• 9. The Whales of Pender Harbor


• 10. Supply and Demand


• 11. The White Whale


• 12. The Penn Cove Roundup


• 13. Whaling in the New Northwest


• 14. Big Government and Big Business


• 15. The Legend of Mike Bigg


• 16. "All Hell Broke Loose"


• 17. New Frontiers


• 18. Haida's Song


• 19. The Legacy of Capture


• Epilogue


• Acknowledgements


• Notes


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

Jason M. Colby is associate professor of environmental and international history at the University of Victoria. Born in Victoria, British Columbia, and raised in the Seattle area, he worked as a commercial fisherman in Alaska and Washington State. He is the author of The Business of Empire: United Fruit, Race, and US Expansion in Central America.

Summary

Orcas are the most controversial display animal in history. But how did we come to care about them in the first place? Drawing upon previously unavailable documents and interviews, this book explores our love affair with killer whales, and its impact on science, the marine park industry, and modern environmentalism.

Product details

• Authors: Jason M. Colby, Jason M. (Associate Professor of History Colby, Colby Jason M.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.06.2020
• EAN: 9780190088361
• ISBN: 978-0-19-008836-1
• No. of pages: 408
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Marine Biology, NATURE / Animals / Mammals, HISTORY / Oceania, Biodiversity, Endangered species & extinction of species, environmental science, engineering & technology, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Marine Biology, Endangered species and extinction of species, Zoology: Mammals, Zoology: mammals (mammalogy)