The Fight to Save Cascadia's Orcas

Editor's Take
Centered on veteran researcher Ken Balcomb, this conservation film documents the decline of the Pacific Northwest's salmon-hunting killer whales through decades of patient study. It connects the orcas' fate to the collapse of Chinook salmon, to pollution, and to human activity along the coast. The argument is advocacy-minded but grounded in long observation, presenting the population's trouble as a chain of linked causes rather than a single villain.
The Fight to Save Cascadia's Orcas follows the endangered killer whales that hunt Chinook salmon along the Pacific Northwest coast. The film centres on veteran whale scientist Ken Balcomb and the decades of research documenting a population now in steep decline. It links the orcas' survival to vanishing salmon, pollution, and human activity, and to the people racing to reverse the trend. Both a wildlife portrait and a conservation call, it makes the plight of these iconic animals impossible to ignore. Free to watch in HD on Dr Documentary.
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