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Crews practice using a sling that will be used on a stranded orca calf on northern Vancouver Island. April 11, 2024
Road access to the lagoon is blocked by members of the Ehattesaht First Nation, but an official at the scene says an attempt to get the female orca calf out of the lagoon and transferred into the open ocean has begun. A statement from the First Nation says work is expected to take much of the day and the federal Fisheries Department, the Vancouver Aquarium, and the nation will brief the media when the operation has concluded.
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