Moby Doll was a young orca, perhaps only 5 years old, who was never meant to be displayed-he was meant to be dead. But we can easily identify the first orca to be displayed to the public, as it happened only 52 years ago, amid great fanfare. In most cases, the first time a wildlife species was displayed to amaze the public-especially a species that is extremely popular as an exhibit animal today-is (as the cliché goes) lost in the mists of time. Everything has to start somewhere, and captive display of this or that species is no exception. The Killer Whale Who Changed the World, by Mark Leiren-Young, tells a fascinating story. Mark Leiren-Young / Greystone Books / 208 pages
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