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Sam Lipman, 32, & Ken Balcomb, 82, devoted their lives to whales

December 18, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Balcomb spent more than 50 years in the cause,  Lipman just 15,  but both left a mark             FRIDAY HARBOR, Washington; CRAWLEY, West Sussex, U.K.––Self-described “orcaholics” Samantha “Sam” Lipman,  32,  and Ken Balcomb,  82,  half a world and 50 years apart,  died on November 29,  2022 and December 15,  2022,  […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal organizations, Animal rights & welfare, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Exhibition, Feature Home Bottom, Humane history, Marine life, Marine mammals, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Religion & philosophy, USA, Whales & dolphins Tagged With: Free Morgan!, Free Willy!, Howard Garrett, Keiko, Loro Parque, Merritt Clifton, Miami Seaquarium, SeaWorld

Hidden Beach: why grey whales feast while orcas starve

April 19, 2018 By Merritt Clifton

What the whales are telling us             HIDDEN BEACH,  Washington––A single well-timed photo on a recent April 2018 morning could have captured in one frame almost the whole story of marine mammals in the Saratoga Passage,  on Puget Sound,  and indeed worldwide,  amid intensified competition for food,  accentuated by the effects of global warming.   […]

Filed Under: Conservation, Crustaceans, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Fish, Fur trapping, Habitat, Hunting & trapping, Laws, Laws & politics, Marine life, USA, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Captain Ahab, Charles Wilkes, Fred McCarthy, Herman Melville, Howard Garrett, John Calambokidis, Ken Balcomb, Merritt Clifton, Puong Le, Susan Berta

War of the Whales

October 29, 2014 By Merritt Clifton

by Joshua Horwitz Simon & Schuster (1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020), 2014.  448 pages, hardcover. $28.00. Kindle $12.74. Reviewed by Merritt Clifton Ken Balcomb, the former U.S. Navy pilot who in 1976 founded the Center for Whale Research in Friday Harbor, Washington, was back in the news on October 21, 2014, […]

Filed Under: Book & film reviews, Culture & Animals, Marine life, Whales & dolphins, Wildlife Tagged With: Diane Ketten, Howard Garrett, Joel Reynolds, Joshua Horwitz, Ken Balcomb, sonar

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