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Arcata First City in California to Support: Southern Resident Orca Rights Proclamation

Depoe Bay OR is latest community to proclaim support for SRKWs

Rights of Nature movement continues to grow in Pacific Northwest

Jefferson Co. first county to secure inherent rights of Southern Resident Orcas

Jefferson County Commissioners discuss and sign proclamation supporting our campaign to recognize the inherent rights of the Southern Resident Orcas

In one month, three cities proclaim rights for Southern Resident Orcas

Langley acknowledges rights of orcas

Gig Harbor proclaims support for legal recognition of rights of Southern Resident Orcas; becomes second city in Washington to do do

Two Towns in Washington Take Steps Toward Recognizing the Rights of Southern Resident Orcas

Kevin Schneider (Counsel, Earth Law Center) explains the movement behind Port Townsend’s claim that orcas (and nature) have inherent rights.

Port Townsend recognizes legal rights of Southern Resident Orcas

A Town in Washington Takes a Step Toward Recognizing the Rights of Southern Resident Orcas

Port Townsend recognizes rights of endangered Southern Resident Orcas

Should orcas have rights? Port Townsend says yes

Port Townsend proclaims support for legal recognition of rights of Southern Resident Orcas

Port Townsend City Council recognizes rights of whales in WA.  

Salish Sea Declared a Hope Spot in Celebration of New Marine Animal Hospital

A new calf in L pod!

It’s a boy! Orca gives birth off the Washington coast after losing calf in 2018

Thanatologist Kriss Kevorkian on Environmental Grief, Coping with Covid & the Importance of Laughing During a Pandemic

David Suzuki: If corporations have legal rights, why not rivers?

What is Eco-Anxiety & How Can You Manage It?

Could Rights of Nature Laws Help Save Endangered Orcas?

Should orcas have the same rights as people?

Whales are People too: Could granting legal personhood save an endangered species?

Ecological Grief: A Little Hope Remains

Why the southern resident killer whales should have the same rights as people

On Environmental Grief and the Rights of Nature

Earth Day reminds us of our duty to nature, including protecting its wild creatures

Why the southern resident killer whales should have the same rights as people

Fighting for the Rights of Southern Resident Orcas

Why the southern resident killer whales should have the same rights as people

Tear down the dams: New coalition strives to enshrine rights of orcas

Legal personhood for Northwest orcas? Only radical thinking may save them

Humans have practically doomed the orca. We must save them via new legal protections.