Fears rise as killer whales mysteriously vanish

Jeff Nagel
October 30, 2008
Surrey North Delta Leader

Where are Blossom and Splash?

Also identified as J11 and L67, they are two breeding female killer whales that have been added to a growing list of local orcas missing and believed dead this year.

Their disappearances have fanned fears for the future of the southern resident killer whales.

No bodies have been found, but scientists with the Center for Whale Research on San Juan Island have concluded there are now seven adults and calves unaccounted for, pushing the population that once numbered 200 down to 83.

Read the full article in the Surrey Leader.