Sending Springer Home: What It Took to Save an Orphaned Orca

Shit, it’s A-73!
—The biologist Graeme Ellis  

Her calls were so loud they practically blew our earphones off.
—Dr. Lance Barrett-Lennard, Vancouver Aquarium 

And now, months later, after forming all these groups to help fund this—working with NMFS and DFO, which has not always been easy, and people on both sides of the border—it’s like delivering a baby, and we’re about ready to pass out cigars.
—Michael Harris, the Orca Conservancy   

Name: Springer

Species: Orcinus Orca

Years Active: 2000–present

Read her story here