Killer whale rescue team puts boats back in lagoon in effort to entice calf to ocean

— The effort to coax a young orca back to the open ocean following the death of its mother on northern Vancouver Island has included the use of killer whale calls, trying special guide lines and sounding Indigenous drum beats, with no success.

"We are hoping to connect with her and see if she will follow the drum," Ehattesaht First Nation Chief Simon John in a statement."It has worked in the past." "It is really hard to wrap your mind around the work," John said in an earlier interview."It doesn’t happen very often so there isn’t a play book that covers this. But we know the waters here and we, the Fisheries Department staff, have been working around these mammals for years, so we will be bringing all that experience to each decision as we go.The Ehattesaht First Nation has given the young calf a name: kwiisahi?is, meaning Brave Little Hunter.

It faces difficult odds feeding itself and getting out of the lagoon without adult guidance, John said. Paul Cottrell, the Fisheries Department's Pacific region marine mammal co-ordinator, said the pregnancy may have contributed to the mother's death as she could not manoeuvre off the beach.

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