Killer whale rescue team puts boats back in B.C. lagoon in bid to coax calf to open water
A flotilla of up to 10 vessels, taking advantage of the best tidal flows in days, was on the waters of a remote lagoon off northern Vancouver Island Thursday in an effort to coax a young killer whale back to the open ocean, but "a successful outcome is not guaranteed."
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![A killer whale and its calf are shown in a lagoon near Zeballos, B.C. in a handout photo. A marine scientist says a necropsy performed on female killer whale that died after being stranded in a lagoon with its two-year-old orca calf off northern Vancouver Island was pregnant. A killer whale and its calf are shown in a lagoon near Zeballos, B.C.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7159455.1711684562!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/killer-whale-death-20240326.jpg)
A flotilla of up to 10 vessels, taking advantage of the best tidal flows in days, was on the waters of a remote lagoon off northern Vancouver Island Thursday in an effort to coax a young killer whale back to the open ocean, but "a successful outcome is not guaranteed."