Orca calf swims out of Canadian lagoon where it had been trapped more than a month
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WTOP— ZEBALLOS, British Columbia (AP) — A young killer whale that was trapped for more than a month in a lagoon on Vancouver Island swam past a bottleneck at high tide early Friday, reaching an inlet that
BBC News—Baby orphan orca escapes Canadian lagoon after month of attempts. The orphaned calf swam from British Columbia after several rescue attempts by a First Nations community.
CP24—Killer whale calf trapped in B.C. swims out of lagoon on her own. ZEBALLOS, B.C. - An orphan killer whale calf escaped from a remote Vancouver Island tidal lagoon Friday where it had been trapped for more than a month, immediately swimming towards the open ocean and making calls for its extended family members, say overjoyed rescue officials. The young orca's bid for freedom occurred at a high tide early Friday and involved swimming through a swift-moving, narrow channel and underneath a bridge, with Esperanza Inlet in the near distance. "It's been a...
Daily Mail—a month after refusing to leave its dead mother in Canadian lagoon. The baby orca who was trapped in a Canadian lagoon for more than a month has escaped on its own. A rescue team is now following her closely and hopes to reunite her with her pod.