Orcapedia: A Guide to the Victims of the International Orca Slave Trade

I didn't know there were so many whales in captivity and how many of them died, the book made me cry for the them. A huge thank you to both the authors as well as all the info in the book

Info on the captive orcas and born captive orcas

I am and have been for many years, an animal activist and lover of Orcas, Belugas, as well as many other dolphins, whales, and other mammals. I empathize and identify with their plight of being misunderstood, hunted, used for the benefit of those with more power, and oppressed as a group. That said, humans are not the same as orcas, although some of us share the unfortunate history of enslavement.While I enjoyed reading this book via Kindle, I do have problems with the author's tendency to demonize and characterize certain groups of humans in pejorative ways when describing their roles in reducing the populations of Orcas and other dolphins and whales through overfishing and tourism industries, and seeing them as competition for food or as predators. Additionally, the comparison with the human captors of enslaved Africans were/are far worse to other human beings than humans were/are to the orcas to whom they are compared. To be sure there are similarities when discussing captivity, misunderstanding and oppression for cheap or free labor. However, there's a difference between "slaughtering" another species for food (for example Japanese and Grenadian whalers), and genocide of your own species because you've established a human system of hierarchy based on skin color, religion, gender, socioeconomic class and forced free labor. It would be a more fitting comparison if humans forced those oppressed whales and dolphins to build institutions and pens that were meant to oppress them and their offspring for generations and then the humans blamed said animals and their offspring if they didn't excell in that system. That being said, the author has spent a lifetime advocating for becoming better stewards of the earth. I agree that humans have too often been horrific stewards of the oceans and have failed to treat sentient mammals with the dignity and respect they deserve. I just take issue with some of the comparisons of human behavior and wish human beings in general treated all creatures we encounter and habitats with respect. This book tells of one man's journey in that quest.

Fantastic resource guide to orca captivity. Heartbreaking graphics.

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