![]() ![]() Pat McGeer both heavily involved in the future of Moby Doll. The book describes how the Vancouver Aquarium was started amid the politics of the day,and some might remember the head of the aquarium,Murray Newman, and his colleague, future cabinet minister Dr. This was commissioned by the Vancouver aquarium in order to create a life sized ,anatomically correct model to be the centerpiece of the aquarium expansion plans. ![]() Moby Doll was meant to be killed, not caught. This book narrates how that transition,from killer to doll, happened seemingly overnight. After 20 years of pursuing the players in the story, local Victoria author, Mark Leiren-Young’s persistence paid off and he was able to piece together the very moving story of the initial contact and capture of the whale soon to be known as Moby Doll a name the exact opposite of the whale’s reputation as a fierce killer. “The Killer Whale Who Changed The World” is a true and fascinating west coast story of the first killer whale captured alive in a world where they were the most feared “monster” in the oceans, and routinely shot out of fear and for sport. ![]()
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