The Lost Whale: The True Story of an Orca Named Luna

The Lost Whale: The True Story of an Orca Named Luna
ISBN-10
0312353642
ISBN-13
9780312353643
Series
The Lost Whale
Category
Nature
Pages
330
Language
English
Published
2013-06-25
Publisher
Macmillan
Authors
Michael Parfit, Suzanne Chisholm

Description

Documents the story of a young killer whale who after being separated from his pod befriended humans in Vancouver Island's Nootka Sound, a situation that led to conflicts between the government and the whale's friends while challenging mainstream understandings about interspecies bonding.

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