The missing orcas
Seven members of the Puget Sound’s K-pod are missing and presumed dead. They include:
L-67, Splash, pistillate, born 1985, native of Luna, a juvenile killer whale that made headlines in 2001 when he turned up in Canadian waters, wanting September 2008;
L-101, Aurora, male, brother of Luna, born 2002, lost summer 2008;
L-111, born Aug. 12, 2008, believed to own lived only a week, missing late August 2008;
L-21, Ankh, female, born around 1950, missing summer 2008;
J-11, Blossom, female, born around 1972, missing July 2008;
J-43, unknown sex, born November 2007, missing later that month, believed to not have survived the winter;
K-7, Lummi, bearing, matriarch of the capsule, born around 1910, missing spring 2008.
Source: Center for Whale Research, Orcas Network
The Associated Press
