Porpoise Conservation Society
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An Incredible Day with Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales – 12/3/15
What a day. It all began when what looked like every non-essential Vancouver Aquarium employee came running down to the seawall. As volunteers, my wife Christine and I were among them when a group of Biggs Killer Whales were passing Lion’s Gate Bridge, leaving the inlet after an excursion that as we learned later had…
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Some Unexpected Visitors on a Porpoise Watching Trip! – 10/3/15
My wife Christine and I have one mission: to raise awareness for Harbour Porpoise, a species that, sadly, is often overlooked. Highly intelligent, social, but not overly acrobatic, these incredible little creatures capture our imagination. So this time we took a fairly large group of people with us to share our fascination with this species…
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A Beautiful Night with the Harbour Porpoise – 4/3/15
This was a special evening for us. We headed out to West Vancouver for what we hoped would be a relaxing evening. We were quite confident we would see harbour porpoise that day, but what we did not expect was seeing them this close, and sticking around for this long. We had an hour to…
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Great Night with Harbour Porpoises – 23/2/15
When we loaded our gear into the car and headed out to West Vancouver on this day in late February, we were hopeful to see Harbour Porpoise in Howe Sound. We brought friends with us to share the experience. The weather was perfect, and an abundance of various sea birds and several Harbour seals we…