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“Leiren-Young says the killer whale also helped spawn the modern Save the whales movement, which grew out of Vancouver. ‘Moby changed the world in lots of ways — we went from fearing these creatures to loving them to death.’ He says if it wasn’t for this one whale’s misguided capture, there might not be any orcas left to save. ‘I’m pretty much convinced that without Moby Doll, we would have finished off the last killer whale with a side of wasabi years ago.’ Moby Doll lasted 88 days in captivity, before passing on Oct. 9, 1964.”
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/how-killer-whales-went-from-beasts-to-beloved-1.3798257'They captured a monster': How killer whales went from beasts to beloved | CBC NewsBefore the capture of Moby Doll, orcas were widely perceived as monsters — and thousands were slaughtered.