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Alexandra Morton
Alexandra Morton's Biography
In the beginning of her study of sea mammals, Morton focused on the bottle-nose dolphins, under the direction of Dr. John Lilly, a pioneer in the field. Lilly became a mentor and friend to Alexandra, allowing her access to his vast files on dolphin behavior; she was the only person to whom he ever granted this honor. Soon she became interested in orcas (which are believed to have a higher intelligence than dolphins). She studied them in captivity, attempting to decode their language.
After logging hundreds of hours observing whale behavior in captivity through photographs and tape recordings, she realized her next step was to study them in their natural habitat. She spent the summer of 1979 in Canada studying whales in the wild. The next summer, she met underwater photographer Robin Morton, a long, tall, cool sip of water with whom she fell madly, wildly, deeply in love.
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Meet salmon farming's worst enemy: a determined biologist
News Source: Anchorage Daily News | 12 months agoAlexandra Morton, bane of North America's salmon farms, runs a hand over tired eyes and awaits a confrontation. It's no surprise this eco-provocateur is again in someone's sights. The biologist has spent countless days just like this -- zipping -
B.C.'s Animal Health Act makes sickness a secret
News Source: The Globe & Mail | 12 months agoIn a world of contagions, of mad-cow disease and bird flu, where the next pandemic seems just a viral mutation away, news that a farm has been quarantined because of a disease outbreak is unnerving...Elizabeth Denham, the Information and Privacy -
Meet salmon farming's worst enemy
News Source: Seattle Times | 12 months agoBiologist Alexandra Morton, a critic of salmon farms, turns away from a worker who has come out to confront her for pulling up near his remote salmon farm in the Broughton Archipelago, 300 miles north of the U.S. border. Alexandra Morton buys farm-
Alexandra Morton Blogs
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Look Them in the EYE - alexandra morton
Blog Source: alexandramorton.typepad.com | 12 months agoThere are moments in history and in the lives of people where threat creep towards them without cause for alarm, like the long sweep of a tsunami far out to sea and then suddenly makes landfall. History is full of them, human lives are ended ... -
Dear CFIA why are you ignoring ISA virus? - alexandra morton
Blog Source: alexandramorton.typepad.com | 12 months agoThere is an article featuring my work on the cover of the Seattle Times today Below is a letter sent to The Canadian Food Inspection Agency today: Dear Nathalie Bruneau: On May 14, 2012, I attended the CFIA meeting in Port Hardy, to inform ... -
Gorilla Radio - Chris Cook
Blog Source: www.gorilla-radio.com | 12 months agoAlexandra Morton is founder of the Raincoast Research Society, Director of the Salmon Coast Field Station, and co-founder of the activist organization, Salmon are Sacred. She is famously based in the Broughton archipelago, where her ...
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