Ehattesaht First Nation chief Simon John said that seeing a Kakawin (orca) pass away on a local beach was “heartbreaking.”
On March 23, a passing road maintenance crew spotted the killer whale stranded on a gravel bar in a Little Espinoza Inlet lagoon near the village of Ehatis on Vancouver Island. The community and DFO responded to help the whale, but were unsuccessful in trying to save her.
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