Posts by Sabrina Braunlich
Survivor Series: Meet the North Atlantic Right Whales
Time to meet some of the endangered right whales under the water! North Atlantic right whales are constantly threatened by being hit by vessels…here’s some stories of some of the survivors. Georgia DNR Wildlife with NOAA permit 20556-01. Meet Calvin! Calvin is a female born in 1992 from a whale named Delilah. When Calvin was…
Read MoreCaptive Orca Nakai Dies at SeaWorld San Diego
credit: SeaWorld San Diego An orca has died while in captivity at SeaWorld San Diego. Nakai, a captive orca died of an infection this past Friday. He is the second orca to die at the park – Amaya, a 6-year-old female died in August 2021 and before that Kasatka, a 42-year-old female died in August…
Read MoreFederal Proposal Aims to Protect Endangered Right Whales From Ship Strikes
For Immediate Release, July 29, 2022 WASHINGTON— The National Marine Fisheries Service proposed a rule today to better protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales from being run over and killed by vessels in U.S. waters. Vessel strikes are one of the two primary threats to right whales; the other is entanglement in fishing gear.…
Read MoreWest Coast Whale Watching with Maya Higa
“We need someone to go on a whale watch in Monterey.” Well, I’ve never been to California and I love watching whales! As we chatted about an incredible outreach and fundraising opportunity with WDC-UK and the Twitch streamer Maya Higa, it was a simple “yes!” for me! We first partnered with Maya Higa in 2020…
Read MoreI signed a petition…now what?
More than ever before, critically endangered North Atlantic right whales have really stolen my heart this year. I felt it deeply when I heard about of Derecha’s calf being hit by a vessel and even more when it was repeated this year with Infinity and her newborn calf. So when WDC put together a petition…
Read MoreNew Kid in the Office
When I held the crown of “New Kid in the Office” back in summer of 2017, there were only four other full-time people working here at the North American office. Missy, Michelle, Monica, and Regina seemed to juggle communications, fundraising, administrative tasks, donation processing, program management, grant management and more. When I started, everyone was…
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