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There are apparently only about 39 of these orcas left.

Sorry to hear about the boat, but shooting at them is not the right answer.



If only the sailor could have an open discussion with the Orca's, they could have some mutual agreement...


No need to - sailors like this one are plenty, in fact in many places there’s overpopulation.


May not have to wait so long. A failed rudder deep in international waters can easily kill someone. And a broken rudder in a busy shipping channel can even easier kill someone.

An attack on someone's rudder while offshore is 100% an attack on their life, and arguably justifies lethal self defense.


Wiping out species getting aggressive because we destroyed their habitat through "self defense" is a funny thought

Soon enough everything will reach equilibrium again, I doubt shooting orcas will put us on a better path


Well he doesn’t have a 50cal on his boat and nor do any other dingy sailors so best they can do is radio for help. I’m sure it will all blow over once the orcas get bored. Either that or they’ll escalate to eating people


Yikes. If a wild animal wandered by and damaged your source of livelihood, I doubt you would espouse a similar view.


It’s not his source of livelihood but it is his home. I think he needs to stay away from the Orcas TBF


Agreed. The right answer was fixing his rudder stock




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