Rescue of trapped killer whale calf underway, First Nation says – CBC

Apr 12, 2024

kʷiisaḥiʔis, or Brave Little Hunter, has been stuck in a B.C. lagoon alone for weeks since her mother died

Members of the Ehattesaht First Nation, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) and the Vancouver Aquarium have begun a rescue operation to move a stranded killer whale calf out of a remote Vancouver Island lagoon and into open water, the nation says.

DFO also confirmed in a statement the rescue is underway, but said it wouldn’t provide updates until it’s complete.

The two-year-old female transient killer whale, known as kʷiisaḥiʔis (Brave Little Hunter), has been stuck in the tidal lagoon near the village of Zeballos, B.C., since March 23, when its pregnant mother became trapped by the low tide and died on a rocky beach.