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.

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.<br /> 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. Skaana podcasts connect you to news and experts and their discussions about environments, oceans, and orcas. Join the Pod……https://www.patreon.com/mobydoll Subscribe to the Skaana newsletter: https://substack.com/@skaanapod?utm_source=profile-page  Spotify……………www.bit.ly/spotify-skaana Apple Podcasts………www.skaana.ca The Orca Bites Podcast (on anchor)………www.orcabites.com<br /> – Skaana home……www.skaana.org Skaana on Medium……www.orcatales.com Our Latest Orca Videos…www.jpod.news<br /> – Facebook…………https://www.facebook.com/skaanapod/ Twitter……………https://twitter.com/leirenyoung Instagram…………https://www.instagram.com/skaanapod/ Howard Garrett at a marine conference in Vancouver in 2017 Support Our Guest Official Website Orca Network: https://www.orcanetwork.org/ Instagram: untillolitaishome Twitter or X or whatever: https://twitter.com/Salishorcas Toki TV: https://www.youtube.com/@TokiTV2022   Howard Garrett meeting Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young in happier times at a conference in 2017 in Vancouver. A story by Mark about Toki in The Times Colonist: Comment: Remembering Tokitae: The last southern resident orca in captivity Books for sale and Classes from Team Skaana **Amazon links are affiliate links and support our podcast, thanks for clicking!**  Audio books by Mark Leiren-Young (Killer Whale Who Changed the World, Orcas Everywhere & Never Shoot a Stampede Queen) on Audible.com https://www.audible.com/search....?searchNarrator=Mark The Killer Whale Who Changed the World…