Letters: ‘The Orca Should Not Be Seen As a Vanity Project’
Readers reflect on the lessons of a grieving whale
Sep 05, 2018
2 minutes
What a Grieving Orca Tells Us
In August, Ed Yong wrote about Tahlequah—the Pacific Northwest orca that carried around her calf, who died shortly after birth, for 17 days—and how she exemplifies the larger plight of killer whales.
Thank you for Ed Yong’s thoughtful “What, and other orcas are members of our community. We’re as responsible for their survival as our own.
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