#Orca calf swims out of lagoon after being trapped for a month https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/killer-whale-orca-calf-lagoon-vancouver-island-bc-free-1.7186129

"The #Ehattesaht First Nation says a #KillerWhale calf that had been trapped in a remote #VancouverIsland lagoon for more than a month is now free after it swam out on its own early Friday morning. The nation said #kʷiisaḥiʔis, or Brave Little Hunter, swam over the sandbar and out into open water during high tide around 2:30 a.m. PT."

Brave Little Hunter is free: Orca calf swims out of lagoon where she had been trapped for a month | CBC News

The Ehattesaht First Nation says a killer whale calf that had been trapped in a remote Vancouver Island lagoon for more than a month is now free after she swam out on her own early Friday morning.

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Mother orca dies after becoming beached on northern Vancouver Island

Community members attempted to save the whale, but couldn’t get her back in the water in time

Members of the Ehattesaht First Nation posted videos to social media, in the aftermath of the orca’s death, of them singing songs to honour her life and passing

https://www.vancouverislandfreedaily.com/news/mother-orca-dies-after-becoming-beached-on-northern-vancouver-island-7333374

#orca #whale #death #mourning #Ehattesaht #VancouverIsland

Mother orca dies after becoming beached on northern Vancouver Island

Community members attempted to save the whale, but couldn’t get her back in the water in time

Vancouver Island Free Daily