“The incoming tide and inability to refloat her so she was not on her side, led to her death.”
In a widely shared video of the incident, a dozen people were seen mounting a rescue effort of beached female orca near the Zeballos causeway while her calf swam nearby.
“The incoming tide and inability to refloat her so she was not on her side, led to her death,” the Port McNeill-based marine conservation society said on social media. A team is on the way to identify the whale, he said, adding that this is its first report of a beached orca in 2024. The Marine Education and Research Society said the calf has remained nearby after the death of its mother.
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