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'Sign of hope' for endangered killer whales as research centre confirms newborn calf
The Centre for Whale Research says the newborn was spotted swimming alongside a whale known as J40 near Victoria on Sunday.
New killer whale calf gives B.C.'s famous J pod a 'sign of hope'
Animal lovers around B.C. are celebrating the announcement that a new killer whale calf has been sighted in provincial waters ...
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'Sign of hope' for endangered killer whales as centre confirms newborn calf
A killer whale calf is shown traveling with her mother, J35, also known as Tahlequah, in the Puget Sound area in this ...
New orca calf spotted with J pod
Researchers are cautiously optimistic, although two of the last four calves born to Southern Residents have died.
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New Orca Calf Is a Descendant of the ‘Budd Inlet Six,’ the Last Killer Whales Captured in United States Waters in 1976
The black and slightly orange Bigg’s killer whale was spotted swimming with its mother, Sedna, in the Salish Sea ...
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‘Sign of hope’ for endangered killer whales as centre confirms newborn calf
The Centre for Whale Research says one of its field biologists has spotted a new calf in a pod of endangered killer whales off British Columbia’s southern coast. The Washington-based centre says ...
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New orca calf spotted with J pod
RELATED: Only about half of Southern Resident orca calves survive. Here's why Southern Resident killer whales have struggled to rebound as their population has dipped to the lowest levels in decades.