Though the whale wasn’t real, the skills learned by DFO Officers on Stories Beach, just south of Campbell River on Vancouver Island this morning were.
The officers were learning how to rescue a beached whale. The training was part of a larger program of cetacean rescue and protection training North Island officers were undertaking this week. The training, facilitated by Paul Cottrell from the B.C.
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