A whale researcher says a young killer whale spotted surfacing Friday at Friendly Cove off the west coast of Vancouver Island is likely the orphan orca calf.
RELATED VIDEO: After weeks of efforts by First Nations and a small army of marine experts, the orphaned orca stranded in a lagoon near Zeballos, B.C. has swam out to deeper waters on her own.
He says Friendly Cove is located in Nootka Sound about 50 kilometres south of the lagoon at Little Espinosa Inlet where kwiisahi?is was trapped after her pregnant mother was stranded on a rocky beach at low tide last March and died.After several unsuccessful attempts to capture and transport the young orca to the open ocean, she eventually followed a small boat to the lagoon entrance under the light of a full moon in late April before swimming to the ocean on her own.
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