Fisheries and Oceans Canada official says rescue efforts have been hampered by challenging tides
A dead killer whale and its calf are shown in a lagoon near Zeballos, B.C. in a handout photo.ZEBALLOS, B.C. – An official with Fisheries and Oceans Canada says rescue efforts to get an orphaned orca calf out of a lagoon off Vancouver Island have been hampered by challenging tides.
Cottrell says the orca calf is very reluctant to leave the lagoon, seemingly trapped by the same sandbar that its mother became stranded on last weekend before drowning in the shallow waters.
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