Orca

• B.C. woman tries to coax trapped orca calf out of lagoon with her violin

  Carol Love will be playing the violin at every high tide to entice the orca calf to pass through a narrow channel, leading to open ocean.

  Canada

  Apr 18
  
• Clock ticking for B.C. orca calf rescue, Vancouver Aquarium official says

  Vancouver Aquarium official Martin Haulena said time is ticking for the rescue operation as the calf may be having trouble getting food.

  Environment

  Apr 14
  
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• Stranded baby orca rescue attempt off B.C. coast ‘close but unsuccessful’

  Ehattesaht First Nation members and representatives from Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Vancouver Aquarium have been preparing to move her into the open ocean.

  Environment

  Apr 12
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• ‘We are compassionate’: Stranded orca calf grips heart of Vancouver Island town

  The small community of Zeballos has fully invested itself in the unfolding rescue effort for an orca calf, which could occur this week officials say.

  Environment

  Apr 11
• New drone images reveal orca calf trapped off B.C. coast is female

  The young killer whale stranded in the lagoon off Vancouver Island is a girl, according to Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

  Environment

  Apr 5
• Orca calf is surfacing regularly in B.C. lagoon

  A stranded killer whale calf is showing signs of regular activity as it breaches every seven to 10 minutes in a lagoon near the northern Vancouver Island village of Zeballos.

  Environment

  Apr 2
• Tides expected to be more promising amid effort to save orphaned B.C. orca

  The tides are expected to be more promising this week in the northern Vancouver Island lagoon where an orphaned orca so far can't be convinced to leave.

  Environment

  Apr 1
• ‘It’s day-to-day’: Efforts continue to save orphaned orca calf off Vancouver Island

  Rescue workers on Vancouver Island are continuing efforts to save an orca calf that was orphaned last week when it's mother died after becoming trapped in shallow water.

  Canada

  Mar 29
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• ‘Give it our best shot’: Efforts resume to save stranded orca calf on B.C. coast

  The two-year-old Bigg's killer whale is trapped in the same tidal lagoon near Zeballos where its mother died on Saturday after becoming stranded by low tide.

  Environment

  Mar 28
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• ‘All contingencies’ on the table in race to save orca calf stranded on B.C. coast

  A rescue team working to coax a stranded killer whale calf from a lagoon off northern Vancouver Island is prepared to change tactics to save its life, including the possibility of lifting the orca out to the open ocean, says a Fisheries Department marine mammal co-ordinator.

  Environment

  Mar 27