My flag recognizes the brief life of L Pod member L-111.  L-111 was born August 12, 2008 to Marina (L-47). L-111 went missing in late August 2008 not yet one month old.   

Marina who was born in 1974 has had 7 calves. Four of the seven died before they reached one month of age.  This is an infant mortality rate of 57%!

Infant mortality rate is the percentage of live born that die within the first year of life.

Between 400 BC and 1950 AD the global infant mortality rate for humans was 29%. That means one in 4 children died before they had their first birthday. 

By 1950 the average global infant mortality had fallen to 16%.  By 2017 it was 2.9%. The country with the lowest infant mortality rate in the world in 2017 was Iceland with a rate of 0.16%.

My mother had 9 children and none of them died in the first year.

Marian has had 7 offspring and 4 of them died in their first month

High levels of contaminants are passed from mothers to their offspring via breast milk. Orca calves are highly sensitive to these toxic contaminants.

To help save orcas from extinction, we have to eliminate the use and discharge of these pollutants into waterways worldwide.