<p><span style="color: rgba(52, 52, 52, 1); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">The fascinating and heartbreaking account of the first publicly exhibited captive killer whale-a story that forever changed the way we see orcas and sparked the movement to save them.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgba(52, 52, 52, 1); background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)">Killer whales had always been seen as bloodthirsty sea monsters. That all changed when a young killer whale was captured off the west coast of North America and displayed to the public in 1964. Moby Doll-as the whale became known-was an instant celebrity, drawing twenty thousand visitors on the one and only day he was exhibited. He died within a few months, but his famous gentleness sparked a worldwide crusade that transformed how people understood and appreciated orcas. Because of Moby Doll, we stopped fearing "killers" and grew to love and respect "orcas."</span></p><p><br></p>