An attempt to rescue a stranded baby orca on Friday was “close but unsuccessful” according to officials with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The orca’s pregnant mother was beached at low tide two weeks ago and died.
Dozens of people attempted the rescue operation in a remote lagoon on Vancouver Island, trying to move the two-year-old orca calf stranded near Zeballos B.C.
The plan was to hoist the baby orca, nicknamed “Brave Little Hunter” with a giant net onto a flatbed truck. Officials had hoped to carry her a short distance and then release her into open water, but it is unclear when another attempt to rescue her could be made.
Global’s Kylie Stanton reports.
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PLEASE HELP PLEASE TRY POOR THING I DON'T CARE ABOUT NATURE TAKING ITS COURSE IF I SEE A SOUL NEEDING HELP I WILL
Free Willy ??
can you not show a dead whale without telling people there are terrible imagine ahead. I will have nightmares
i cant say it enough that the media are full of you know why would they lie about a simple thing as this
why not fly in a trained one adult orca from sea world to show her the way out
Are they feeding the whale?
The natives stopped the rescue of the killer whale calf in gold river. Multiple times they interfered with its rescue. Shame on the all.
She was definitely abandoned which is odd Orca behavior. No way a pod unintentionally leaves a calf that young on its own, its usually joint to the mother's side.
Throw a baby back in the ocean to die? How much is this costing?
In my entire life born and raised in Canada the past few years have been the darkest. People (incl me) nowadays are tired and seeing what our govt does is more distressing than ever before. The amount of hate I see nowadays makes me sad but I get why, with everything that's happened. This reminded me that we're still in there, and our nature to stand for what is right isn't forgotten ??? ?? thank you for your service.
This is what happens when the government prioritizes the dumb climate change agenda over real environmental problems.
Make it work guys ! It’s been long enough
The reason is because we don’t have the tools/resources to get this thing safely. Canada is very behind.
Talk to the fishermen and natives. Drag the lagoon and the whale will be free. Might wanna time it for when the most likely adoption pod is nearest. Just sayin. Your welcome. ??
Where is the pod?
What an effort.
50 yrs ago this would have been a perfect opportunity to steak up for next winter
Nature, red in tooth in claw, fodder for the hypocritical net zeroes.
Is it really that hard to just dredge the narrow part of the channel so it can swim out at high tide?
It got in, why can’t it get out?
Can we please have some real news instead of these fluff pieces? A couple stories and updates, sure, but this is just a distraction from everything BAD happening to the Liberals right now.
Say goodbye to this kind of nonsense when their federal funding is pulled.
For those who don't know, pretty much every major media outlet is taking money from the Trudeau government to only report "trusted" information…
We'll save anything except our Own Citizens. It's getting ridiculous tbh.
We also care more about just about everything else except our own citizens..
wow
They’re called calves not “babies”….
Keep up the good work. ????
Your whole country is falling apart with corrupt Trudeau Liberal government and you guys are trying to save an orca. Wake ip Canadians.