Janie Wray, CEO and lead researcher for B.C. Whales, says it is likely to be the last journey for the whale known as Moon
“She will pass. There is no way that she is going to survive this and to be honest, I hope she passes soon because I think she is probably in a lot of pain and she is suffering,” said Wray.
“And right away, we just recognized like, ‘Oh, my God. What has happened to this poor whale?’ You could see from her dorsal fin to her tail was curved into an S shape,” said Wray. Moon was spotted again off B.C. on Oct. 11, then on Dec. 1 by U.S. researchers for the Pacific Whale Foundation off the coast of Maui, Hawaii.
“I was in awe of her. The amount of respect for her was tremendous, but it also just broke my heart because I recognize the will and the strength that pushed her to do that migration using just her pectorals,” said Wray.Wray says Moon undertook what was likely a painful journey because of “its tradition, its culture.”
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