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Researchers Spot Killer Whale Carrying Dead Calf Around for 17 Days- the Reason Left Them Shattered
The sight of an orca clinging to her dead calf for a heartwrenching reason turned out to be a way of coping with loss, just like humans.
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Orca who carried dead newborn for weeks has lost another calf and is traveling with it
a killer whale population that lives in three pods − J, K an L − along the Salish Sea near British Columbia and Washington State. Contaminants, noise, prey availability and inbreeding are ...
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Orca advocates sue federal ministers over lack of action on endangered whales
The federal measures put in place to protect the endangered orcas since the last ministerial assessment in 2018 have proven ...
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Resident Orca tells the story of Lummi elders' quest to bring captured whale home
In recent years, people of the Lummi Nation tried to secure the return of the orca to her home waters, the Salish Sea. They consider her a family member. Sk'aliCh'ehl-tenaut's story gained ...
Two federal cabinet ministers sued over delay in protecting B.C.’s orcas
The legal action comes after Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier and Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault determined the waning population of southern resident killer whales faces imminent threat ...