An orphaned orca calf is shown in a lagoon near Zeballos, B.C., on Tuesday April 2, 2024. The two year-old orca has been alone in the tidal lagoon near Little Espinosa Inlet since March 23 when its pregnant mother became trapped by the low tide and died on the rocky beach.
An orphaned orca calf is shown in a lagoon near Zeballos, B.C., on April 2. The two year-old orca has been trapped alone in the tidal lagoon since March 23, when its mother died. Members of the Ehattesaht First Nation, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Vancouver Aquarium have begun a rescue operation to move a stranded killer whale calf out of a remote Vancouver Island lagoon and into open water, the nation says.
Details of the operation are limited, but Paul Visser with the Ehattesaht First Nation confirmed with CBC News that the rescue is currently underway." set off with good hearts and intention for the day's work," he said.Efforts ramp up to help baby orca stranded off Vancouver IslandFor nearly three weeks, an orca calf has been stuck in a remote lagoon off Vancouver Island.
On Thursday, rescuers were practising lifting the sling with an excavator and transporting to the bed of a truck.A road block has been set up on the only road into the lagoon as a rescue attempt is underway to rescue the orphaned two-year-old female orca calf near Zeballos, B.C., on Friday, April 12, 2024.
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