Howard Garrett (Orca Network) remembering the southern resident orca Toki/Tokitae/Lolita/Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut and his nearly thirty year fight to bring Toki home to the Salish Sea. “Toki’s legacy is building, building, building by the day… She wasn’t just a circus animal. She was a member of the southern residents.”
Shownotes:
0:00 The voice of Toki.
4:57 How Howard started fighting to bring Toki home
7:50 “I really feel like she would have thrived and been thrilled and so relieved to be in her familiar waters.”
14:16 A superpod wake for Toki?
15:55 The Lummi Nation’s fight for Toki.
20:05 The origins of Toki’s names and becoming Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut.
21:44 “Her tank violated the very dismal standard of the animal welfare act…”
30:15 Getting the news that she was gone.
34:00 Toki’s legacy.
43:00 Toki speaks.
Skaana podcasts connect you to news and experts and their discussions about environments, oceans, and orcas.
- Join the Pod……https://www.patreon.com/mobydoll
- Subscribe to the Skaana newsletter: https://substack.com/@skaanapod?utm_source=profile-page
- Spotify……………www.bit.ly/spotify-skaana
- Apple Podcasts………www.skaana.ca
- The Orca Bites Podcast (on anchor)………www.orcabites.com
– - Skaana home……www.skaana.org
- Skaana on Medium……www.orcatales.com
- Our Latest Orca Videos…www.jpod.news
– - Facebook…………https://www.facebook.com/skaanapod/
- Twitter……………https://twitter.com/leirenyoung
- Instagram…………https://www.instagram.com/skaanapod/
- Howard Garrett at a marine conference in Vancouver in 2017
Support Our Guest
- Official Website Orca Network: https://www.orcanetwork.org/
- Instagram: untillolitaishome
- Twitter or X or whatever: https://twitter.com/Salishorcas
- Toki TV: https://www.youtube.com/@TokiTV2022
-
- Howard Garrett meeting Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young in happier times at a conference in 2017 in Vancouver. A story by Mark about Toki in The Times Colonist: Comment: Remembering Tokitae: The last southern resident orca in captivity
Books for sale and Classes from Team Skaana
**Amazon links are affiliate links and support our podcast, thanks for clicking!**
- Audio books by Mark Leiren-Young (Killer Whale Who Changed the World, Orcas Everywhere & Never Shoot a Stampede Queen) on Audible.com https://www.audible.com/search?searchNarrator=Mark+Leiren-Young
- The Killer Whale Who Changed the World… http://amzn.to/2pRNU1q
- Orcas Everywhere; Orcas of the Salish Sea & Big Whales, Small World: http://www.orcaseverywhere.com
- Paint the Ocean You Wish to See with Rayne Ellycrys Benu… https://orcapaint.net
- The Force of Doubt by Rayne Ellycrys Benu… https://books2read.com/forceofdoubt
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | RSS | More
Recent Comments