Time of essence amid efforts to reunite orphaned B.C. orca calf with its pod

Intense efforts are underway 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. A group of Bigg’s killer whales swims together as seen from a Pacific Whale Watch Association vessel on May 4, 2022, near Whidbey Island in Washington state. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Ted S. Warren Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. ZEBALLOS, B.C.- Intense efforts are underway 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. The Fisheries Department said in a statement Monday a highly complex operation is underway to entice the juvenile whale in the lagoon…

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