Table of Contents
Prologue
Introduction: The Orca Watcher
Part 1. Understanding Killer Whales
Chapter 1. A Complex Species: Different Kinds of Killer Whales
Chapter 2. Living in a Close-Knit Community
Chapter 3. A World of Sound
Chapter 4. Personality, Emotions, and Culture
Part 2. Our Changing Relationship with the Southern Residents
Chapter 5. The Salish Sea: Where Orcas and Humans Come Together
Chapter 6. The Capture Era
Chapter 7. Whale Organizations: People, Passion, and Politics
Chapter 8. The Most Watched Whales in the World
Part 3. Orcas in Trouble
Chapter 9. The Three Risk Factors
Chapter 10. Filling in the Data Gaps
Chapter 11. Asking the Tough Questions
Chapter 12. Saving an Endangered Population
Epilogue: A Future for Killer Whales in the Northwest
Acknowledgments
Appendix 1. Southern Resident Killer Whales, 1976–2018
Appendix 2. Stranded Southern Resident Killer Whales
Selected Bibliography and Further Reading
Index