Archives Treasures #2: 1976 photos of orca capture
(Photos courtesy of Washington State Archives) The State Archives has hundreds of classic photos of all things Washington, including historic events and incidents. One such incident is the topic of our second Archives Treasure for February. In March 1976, several orcas in Budd Bay were herded and captured by Sea World in an incident that outraged many, including Gov. Dan Evans and one of his assistants, Ralph Munro, who later became Washington’s Secretary of State. The killer whale capture was…