ZEBALLOS, B.C. — Rescuers will be searching waters off Vancouver Island for the family of an orca calf stranded in a lagoon, in the hopes to reuniting them with the young whale after a rescue attempt that could happen next week.
Ehattesaht First Nation Chief Simon John says he expects a Jet Ranger helicopter to be used to locate the family pod of the orphaned calf that has been stuck in the lagoon at Little Espinosa Inlet since March 23, when its mother became trapped on a rocky beach at low tide and died.John says equipment for the planned rescue has started to arrive in the remote community of Zeballos, located more than 450 kilometres north of Victoria.
He says a large seine net more than 270 metres long arrived from Campbell River Thursday and is expected to be used to corral the young killer whale in a shallow area of the lagoon, before it's put in a sling and transported to a pen in ocean waters.
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