Orphan Orca: Saving Springer

In 2002, an orphaned killer whale was discovered in Puget Sound. Follow Springer's amazing rescue in this film and celebrate the 10 year anniversary of her successful reunion and recovery.

[@youcouldvebeengettingdownt5620]

This should be how we act towards other creatures whenever we can...not acting as usurpers but as shepherds. Thank you for your service.

[@asmodeus1274]

The story of Springer, an orphaned orca rescued in Puget Sound and returned to her family in Canada, has been told many times. ... Sixteen years after her rescue, Springer, or A73, is living a normal life with her extended family in British Columbia, where she has given birth to two healthy offspring

[@user-wl8nm2of6c]

❤😊

[@shizukagozen777]

😭😭😭💖

[@shawnkincheloesr5192]

I am so so happy that they were able to help Springer out because that story of Luna was a very very said one 😞

[@sabinesteffen5247]

So ein Wundervollen Erfolg, es gibt mir Hoffnung zu sehen, das es so tolle Menschen gibt , die nur das beste für die ORKAS auf unsern Planet wollen. Und alles dafür geben. Ich bin zutiefst gerührt.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Leo-ku6hg]

Thank you for saving her.....

[@rhondalessner2282]

That is a beautiful and amazing story! I live in the beautiful pacific northwest and have the blessed privilege of seeing these awesome creatures on a regular basis. Currently on Whidbey island but soon moving to Sequim. It is so wonderful to hear an orca story end happily. Thanks for sharing!

[@macycharmin]

How lucky your are! I hope you made it to Sequim, never heard of it until I was watching a reality show where one of the men in it lived there. The little downtown area looked real neat, he lived out in the middle of know where-a bit desolate for me in the cold lol.

[@laughtoohard9655]

It's so rare to reintroduce a Killer Whale with a pod. Awesome work people!

[@beatriztur]

A great successful story ... orcas deserve to live free and wild. This story may my day!!!!

[@boredandihaveyoutube8175]

*made

[@boredandihaveyoutube8175]

It made mine too.

[@Colstonewall]

Awesome story. I just wish Luna could've been saves and reunited with his family.

[@Colstonewall]

@Joshua Oliver Well, lots of people did lots of things for Luna. You had Natives that would actually spend the night on a pontoon boat so Luna wouldn't be lonely. They tried to lead him out of the bay into open water so he could possibly find his family. And you had the Canadian Gov getting involved telling people not to interact with Luna for his own sake. Problem was, it was too late for that. It made Luna seek attention in a more boisterous way. Some didn't like this. Either way there was many trying to help, problem was it really didn't "help." And I'm NOT blaming them for trying. I wish more people were as caring for wildlife. The situation should've been handled like Springer's. He or she (can't remember) was successfully reunited with his Pod and even had children.

[@Lindethiel]

Springer is now 13 years old and this month of July 2013, was spotted with her first calf in tow.

[@Yurg99]

Any update on Springer and the calf?

[@orcawithdrip827]

Stuart Thornton She was seen again in 2017 with her second calf.

[@Yurg99]

Displeased Orca amazing. Orca’s are such wonderful creatures

[@bari2883]

Aww thats fabulous.

[@asmodeus1274]

@@Yurg99 The story of Springer, an orphaned orca rescued in Puget Sound and returned to her family in Canada, has been told many times. Sixteen years after her rescue, Springer, or A73, is living a normal life with her extended family in British Columbia, where she has given birth to two healthy offspring

[@isjustisus1430]

Don't know how to convey the happiness this video made me feel. Then to come and view the comments and be met with the first comment here about Springer being spotted with her first calf, it was game over for me right there. I so wish everything and everyone in life could be as kind, loving and honest as the whole operation in this video, then I don't believe I would be in quite the same need for prescriptions for depression.

[@orca631]

This makes me so happy!!

[@thetravelingpear]

That touches my heart!!!

[@boredandihaveyoutube8175]

Me too.It's really sad.

[@bari2883]

Mine too. Which has been heavy lately.

[@Orionsglow1]

A great story and a perfect ending !

[@mythoughtwhatyousay]

I'm so glad that you helped orca to orca group, so little one orca was no longer a lonely, yay! This one made my day. I appreciated that they don't took orca to sea world, orcas belong to ocean and stay with orca's families. I against That orcas live in tanks (sea world or Maine world) that will lead orca very angry and could kill trainers.. Best let orca's freedom and stay With their families like us ( we cherish our kids, I would be very angry if they took my child away, same way with orca's feeling).

[@sandramorey2529]

This was wonderful. Till I saw this, the only lost baby I knew about was Luna and his story did not have a happy ending.

[@bridgetswift6274]

Beautiful story ♥️

[@paddlefar9175]

What a great ending to this Orca's story. I can't help but wonder if she has the intelligence to know that these humans were trying to help her, or does she think that it was all just some scary event she went through?

[@matilda6434]

PaddleFar no she definitely got it. Orcas are super smart. They can calculate cause and effect and she knew that they were being gentle with her and were helping her I'm sure about that

[@alanmeires]

Well she now knows that some humans are friendly and can trust them again.

[@myatar]

Good story! Springer A-73

[@TheAkwarium]

thank god she was reunited with her family and spared a horrible life full of abuse at an aquarium

[@robynperdieu3434]

Yes, like Tillikum.

[@calebradell2511]

Awesome story!!

[@kuaikukia]

if only Luna has happy ending story :(

[@sondraleonard212]

I was thinking the same !

[@thiawilliams9614]

Luna was murdered by one of the fishermen. I think of Luna very often.

[@v.9876]

As she goes under to join her family you see her give a shake like the orca in captivity they played sound to of its pod. Man can be good but also very cruel great video thanks

[@lenettebeautyreviews1575]

there were no efforts made by the local gov to relocate Luna the orphaned Orca, Luna was left lurking in the water and became a tourist attraction and died later

[@cosmicmuffin322]

It was horrible. His life and death was a tragedy and he was so let down by the people who were responsible for saving him.

[@macycharmin]

What a beautiful story!! One of my desires is to go whale watch several species of the magnificent mammal.

[@zoenorris9140]

👏 Wonderful 💖

[@doonewatts7155]

A true life fairy tale wonderful

[@mssmith4030]

❤ Heartwarming !

[@susanjohnson6673]

We did this, except the baby orca wasn't pulled in by us. We escorted her and her young mother back up the coast to her pod, which had 20 juvenile orcas swimming in a deep shallowish cove . Protected by a monster male orca. We backed our boat up as fast as we could when he breached. She was being attacked by a pretator😢 and she kept the babies underneath her. It wasn't easy to scare the predator away but they finally made it back to the right pod. Someone said that wasn't the mother, that it was another juvenile that helped the babies. It's so fascinating. But very dangerous. She knew we were on her side

[@Macfierce1]

What a great story!

[@taharbenseddik5607]

This is how it should be when an orca needs help. Human help in any way

[@boredandihaveyoutube8175]

At the end she says "one orca could go back home."Why doesn't SeaWorld do this with their prisoners?

[@mumustelids8657]

because most of there orcas are born in captivity and the ones who where caught from the wild are to old to be moved now

[@lenettebeautyreviews1575]

too old? i mean the seaworld could retire them to a sea sanctuary, without having to perform daily

[@boredandihaveyoutube8175]

Yeah.They could.

[@ShortyTheDireWolf]

To much money that goes into it. They don't want to waste it after the failed attempt with Keiko. I think he still relied to much of humans, and he died five years (I think it was five years) later of pneumonia.

[@green15838]

Don't you think zoos and circuses have their place to promote and to teach humans how animals think and act.Or let people forget about them and let poachers and whalers hunt them in to extinction.When I was a kid I got to meet and ride a elephant and was explained how wonderful these animal are, but with people like you my kids will never meet and greet with these great animals.Education is the key to keep these animals on the planet not keep normal people from them.Also imagine no petting zoo, parks and yea just keep our kids behind a computer and inside the house and watch them waddle back and forth to the fridge to the couch all day and everyday.Back off Peta!!!You people will not kill my pets if I can help it!

[@NozyWriter]

Very Cool

[@abpccpba]

Hosts voice is all anyone needs in the video.

[@Mirandorl]

Heartstrings: tugged

[@natalieraedwulf272]

If you love orcas you won't be an orca trainer.

[@boredandihaveyoutube8175]

I agree with you.

[@jeva4869]

I wanted to be one as a kid but as I grew up it horrified me.

[@nikf4711]

Why would Springer be an orphan ?

[@midnightstarlis6405]

why couldn’t they have done the same thing to Luna? 😞

[@lenettebeautyreviews1575]

Luna is the opposite character of Springer, in the end Springer survived and was seen with her calf in open sea but Luna was killed by a tugboat.

[@boredandihaveyoutube8175]

:(

[@deborahmulcahy1421]

Why did we never learn to preserve our natural environment.....

[@angieh.2749]

Poor orca 😦

[@boredandihaveyoutube8175]

That is really sad.

[@Colstonewall]

Yeah, it was sad. But the good news is, Springer was saved, rehabbed, and united with her Pod. She now has a Calf of her own. .A great, great success. Luna on the other hand was a different story. Now that was a truly sad story (in the end). Not to mention many believe Luna was murdered.

[@frankhumbug]

Chris Kavanagh, I've just watched this and it's great to hear springer had a baby. I was concerned that the ending was cut a bit short (I needed a little clarification,) and kind of worried about the pod accepting her. So thanks for a bit more information.

[@asmodeus1274]

@@frankhumbug The story of Springer, an orphaned orca rescued in Puget Sound and returned to her family in Canada, has been told many times. Sixteen years after her rescue, Springer, or A73, is living a normal life with her extended family in British Columbia, where she has given birth to two healthy offspring

[@TheDarquon]

proof man, proof!

[@connieolinger1750]

Can you make a cartoon video About Spinger just like you did of Morgan

[@ashleyhassler9380]

I love orcas I am going to be a orca trainer

[@asmodeus1274]

Where? At SeaWorld? Pfffffft

[@dcarr5959]

Orcas are part of the dolphin family. Why do they keep calling them whales?

[@CleverClover2023]

Because orcas are part of the toothed whale family. So they ARE small whales. Every cetacean on earth is part of either the toothed whale family or the baleen whale family. Size or classification does NOT dictated which is a 'whale' and which is not.

[@paulredinger420]

Maybe they should of left her alone in the first place.

[@asmodeus1274]

Why? The story of Springer, an orphaned orca rescued in Puget Sound and returned to her family in Canada, has been told many times. Sixteen years after her rescue, Springer, or A73, is living a normal life with her extended family in British Columbia, where she has given birth to two healthy offspring