{"id":18078,"date":"2024-04-04T11:34:54","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T11:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/04\/stranded-orca-calf-in-canadian-lagoon-to-be-airlifted-to-safety-and-reunited-with-its-family\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T11:34:54","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T11:34:54","slug":"stranded-orca-calf-in-canadian-lagoon-to-be-airlifted-to-safety-and-reunited-with-its-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/04\/stranded-orca-calf-in-canadian-lagoon-to-be-airlifted-to-safety-and-reunited-with-its-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranded orca calf in Canadian lagoon to be airlifted to safety and reunited with its family"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rescue efforts are under way to save a killer whale stranded in a remote tidal lagoon off Canada’s Vancouver Island.<\/p>\n

The young orca calf will be airlifted by rescuers with the hope of reuniting the two-year-old with its extended family, according to Canadian authorities.<\/p>\n

Canada’s<\/a><\/strong> fisheries department and First Nations officials said there are plans in place to put the calf in a sling to be lifted out of the lagoon by helicopter.<\/p>\n

The young whale will then be put in a net pen in the ocean while awaiting a reunion with its extended family.<\/p>\n

Ehattesaht First Nation council, fisheries department officials and marine technical experts gave the nod for the plan to go ahead.<\/p>\n

Rescuers have been unable to coax the young whale out of the area since its pregnant mother died after becoming stranded at low tide in the lagoon last month.<\/p>\n

Ehattesaht First Nations chief Simon John spoke of his people having deep cultural and spiritual connections to orcas.<\/p>\n

Read more from Sky News:<\/strong>
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As the rescue efforts commence, it may still take anywhere from a few days to two weeks to retrieve the young orca whale, according to Paul Cottrell, a marine mammal coordinator with the fisheries department.<\/p>\n

“And it’s not, definitely not, going to be an easy road ahead. But everybody’s optimistic and really working together to make this happen,” Mr Cottrell told the Vancouver Sun.<\/p>\n

He went on to say that “just looking generally at the animal, it’s very active. It doesn’t look emaciated at all, no peanut head”.<\/p>\n

Peanut head is a term used by whale researchers to describe the condition of malnourished killer whales, who develop a peanut-shaped profile after losing fat.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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