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.
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