11-19-2018
NOOTKA ISLAND, B.C., A dead newborn orca washed up on the shores of Nootka Island off Vancouver Island Friday.
KCPQ-TV reports Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans is performing a necropsy to determine cause of death and also whether it’s a southern resident, transient or other type of orca.
Ken Balcomb at the Center for Whale Research tells Q13 News he does not believe it is from the local endangered southern resident population, but is waiting on DNA results to be sure.