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New effort underway to rescue baby whale in B.C.
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A large seine fishing vessel capable of casting a net strong enough to hold a nearly 700-kilogram killer whale calf has arrived in Zeballos, B.C., to participate in the latest attempt to rescue the young orca stranded in a remote tidal lagoon.

A two-year-old female orca calf continues to live in a lagoon near an area where her pregnant mother died over three weeks ago at Zeballos, B.C., on Wednesday, April 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad HipolitoZEBALLOS, B.C. -

The female calf has been stranded alone for nearly a month since its pregnant mother died after becoming trapped on a beach at low tide. Ehattesaht First Nation Chief Simon John says the next attempt to rescue the calf - which the nation has named the young orca kwiisahi?is, or Brave Little Hunter - will “happen eventually.”

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