Rescue efforts continue after mother beaches herself and dies near Zeballos on Vancouver Island
A rescue team working to coax a stranded killer whale calf from a lagoon off northern Vancouver Island is prepared to change tactics to save its life, including the possibility of lifting the orca out to the open ocean, says a Fisheries Department marine mammal co-ordinator.
“We are thinking beyond if we have to change tactics, depending on the calf’s health going forward,” said Cottrell at a news conference with Ehattesaht First Nation Chief Simon John in Zeballos, located more than 450 kilometres north of Victoria. “We’re looking at all contingencies and contingencies later on,” said Cottrell. “As you can imagine, this is a very short time window we have, so we’re having to look at all those options and think ahead in case we have to look at those later options, which is in progress for sure.”
John said the area of the lagoon is known locally as Little Espinosa and is considered prime seal hunting waters for killer whales. “The effort was incredible, and just an unlucky situation,” said Cottrell, adding the mother orca could have weighed between eight and 10 tonnes.
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