Goodbye Luna

Luna is a baby orca who has been wandering alone in Canadian waters the last few years because he lost his family, or they lost him. He was so lonely that me made friends with people and boats, the two things that could really hurt him.

On March 10th Luna died. He approached a large tug boat during a storm and was pulled into its propellers. He died instantly. He was only six years old.

Orcas are intelligent, beautiful creatures who live as families called pods. They can live to be ninety years old. And they live together the entire time. It was terrible enough for Luna to be away from his family when he was so young and too trusting. He didn't have anyone to teach him that boats and people can be dangerous.

Orcas are also a huge part of life in the Pacific Northwest. We fell in love with them when M. worked for an environmental org and started to understand the devastation that has been wreaked on the orca pods and how endangered they continue to be.

We are so sad about this.

Farewell Luna, the little lost orca. You were loved by so many.

Read more about Luna here.