SAVING LUNA is on CBC this Sunday April 5 and Tuesday April 7!!

Get your box of tissues handy! This is a great documentary about orphaned L pod whale, L98 (aka Luna), who ended up on his own in Nootka Sound, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, in 1991. This young killer whale was a long ways from his family with whom he should have spent his entire life had things gone normally. Instead, he was 200 miles away from his home waters and having to forage and entertain himself...and ended up causing a lot of controversy in this quiet part of the world!

Luna and a friend at the dock in Nootka Sound (Source: OrcaSightings Network)

Luna tried incredibly hard to make contact with humans resulting in heated debates about whether this contact should be allowed and how to deal with him. The government attempted to move him closer to his family and First Nations did their best to prevent them from moving the 'spirit' of their recently deceased chief...and so things got very intense in Nootka sound!


This is a great documentary which ended up receiving 17 international awards and many more nominations. Definitely recommended viewing!


Get some more info about Saving Luna from CBC Saving Luna page:

http://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/thelens/2009/savingluna/#

View the preview on YouTube:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik-UDAjBCaw


Read more about Luna`s life on Orca Sighting`s network Luna page:
http://www.orcanetwork.org/news/luna.html