This month, our featured adoption orca is Holly. She was born in 1980 to Licka. Her babies Surf, Current, Cameleon and Albion are all named after places around British Columbia, Canada. In the spring of 2017, Holly had her sixth baby who had very mottled skin, appearing almost entirely grey, which is actually fairly common in young orcas.

Holly and her family are one of the few groups seen in Johnstone Strait during the winter. They often travel as far as southeast Alaska, a range of more than 300 miles!