Orca Network Events Calendar

Photos from the 5th annual
Welcome the Whales Day Festival & Parade

Saturday, April 19, 2008
Langley, Whidbey Island, WA.
Photos of past years' events

Photos from Orca Network's Visit with the Friendly Gray Whales of San Ignacio Lagoon with Orca Network, Feb. 23-27, 2008 HERE.

JAPAN DOLPHIN DAY / Seattle, Washington

SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

Steadfast citizens from various organizations stood diligently on the street in front of the Japanese Consulate office in downtown Seattle, Washington, holding signs boldly stating STOP THE DOLPHIN SLAUGHTER; JAPAN STOP TOXIC MERCURY EXPOSURE; STOP THE KILLING, SAVE THE OCEANS; JAPAN LET THE DOLPHINS AND WHALES GO IN PEACE. Many flyers were handed out to curious passersby on their lunch breaks. The flyers vividly depicted the horrific dolphin drive hunts, the fate of the dolphins, and the end result of toxic mercury exposure to an unknowing public from mercury contaminated dolphin meat in school lunch programs and in other consumer products. A large banner, clearly stating why we were there, was prominently displayed by two protesters on the street, allowing drivers in cars stopped for red lights to receive a quick education on the Japanese government's annual slaughter of over 22,000 intelligent, gentle cetaceans. With continued efforts by all of us here in the USA and abroad, this protest will no longer be needed because the slaughter has stopped. I know many citizens in Japan feel that way too.

Nancy Morris,
Reporting for Orca Network
Seattle, WA

Governor Gregoire has proclaimed June as Orca Awareness Month! See the calendar of Orca Month Events HERE.