Joyful scene of calf eating meat tossed to her brings comfort, eases pressure on rescue effort
A rescue operation for an orca calf trapped in a remote tidal lagoon off Vancouver Island has been put on hold after it started eating seal meat thrown in the water for what is believed to be the first time.
“It was joy, really,” said John about the orca’s consumption of the seal meat. “It was what she needed. It’s the first time we’ve confirmed it. It brings us a little more comfort, for sure.” “We’re looking at maybe a week,” he said, adding the First Nation will continue to try and feed the whale. “I think it is a good time for a rest.”
A seine netting vessel arrived in Zeballos, B.C., ahead of the second planned rescue operation for the whale, which has been named kwiisahi?is, or Brave Little Hunter by the Ehattesaht First Nation.
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