Thank you, Orca Protectors!
Posted July 21, 2017 at 5:50 am by Tim Dustrude
Orca Protectors in the FH July 4th Parade – photo by Ben Bama
130 people and fifteen organizations joined San Juan Islanders for Safe Shipping to march under the banners, “Orca Protectors” and ”Protect What you Love” in the Friday Harbor July 4th parade. We carried a life-size dorsal fin for every living member of J, K, and L pods, plus 7 white “ghost” fins for the pod members who died in 2016. We also carried larger than life puppets of sea creatures and salmon; and the many children in our group carried a huge planet earth.
It was powerful to come together on behalf of the endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales. We enjoyed enthusiastic support from the bystanders and were awarded the Judge’s Special Choice award.
Our thanks to:
• Center for Whale Research • Friends of Lime Kiln Society • Friends of the San Juans • Orca Behavior Institute • Orca Conservancy • Orca Network • Orca Relief Citizens’ Alliance • Orcasound.net • Pacific Whale Watch Association • Salish Sea Association of Marine Naturalists • Salish Sea Ecosystems Advocates • SeaSound.org • Soundwatch • The Whale Museum • Whale Scout
For more information:
www.islandersforsafeashipping.org/orca-protectors
Liza Michaelson
Lovel Pratt
Shaun Hubbard
San Juan Islanders for Safe Shipping
Orca Protectors
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