Marine mammal rescue officials attempting to entive orphaned orca whale to find its pod
Intense efforts are under way to reunite an orca calf with its family pod after its mother was stranded and died in a tidal lagoon near the remote northern Vancouver Island village of Zeballos.
“DFO staff on site are currently focused on doing everything possible to reunite the young whale with its pod.” Marine mammal rescue officials within the department, area First Nations leaders, scientists and volunteers are all in the area to help save the calf, which is about two years old. Members of the Zeballos-area Ehattesaht First Nation, who tried to save the stranded orca on the weekend, were out in boats on the ocean Monday searching for the calf’s pod, said a nation official.
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