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Nov 23, 1997 · Ted Griffin and his partner, Don Goldsberry, were the hunters who supplied the world's aquariums with killer whales. During their partnership they sold some 30 whales, although they rounded up...
Dec 13, 2018 · Ted Griffin holds a fish for Namu in May 1966 at his Seattle Marine Aquarium. Namu was the world’s first captive performing killer whale. (Richard Heyza / The Seattle Times)
He drove his runabout with his wife from Puget Sound to Vancouver on September 9, 1964 to take a look. This juvenile orca named Moby Doll had not been fed successfully after being captured on July 16.
This close relationship, coupled with Namu's ability to follow commands and identify Griffin even as he walked with a crowd of people, came as a shock to most observers and contributed to a...
Oct 14, 2017 · Griffin scrounged together $8,000 in cash on a Sunday morning and flew in to pay for the whale, which he then had to build a huge pen for to tow the animal 400 miles back to Seattle. It took 19 days. “And that was the beginning of the time I spent in the water with Namu,” Griffin says, somewhat wistfully.
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May 28, 2019 · Lolita (first called Tokitae) was captured on August 8, 1970 in Penn Cove, Whidbey Island. She was one of seven young whales sold to marine parks around the world from this roundup of over 80 orcas conducted by Ted Griffin and Don Goldsberry, partners in a capture operation known as Namu, Inc.
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Word of the captive orca reached Seattle and a man named Ted Griffin. Griffin owned an aquarium on the waterfront, and had long been fascinated with whales. In short order, Griffin bought...
