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After weeks of rescue attempts, the Ehattesaht First Nation says the orca calf known as Brave Little Hunter has finally freed herself from a remote Vancouver Island tidal lagoon and is now in open water.
The Ehattesaht First Nation says a killer whale calf that had been trapped in a remote Vancouver Island lagoon for more than a month is now free after she swam out on her own early Friday morning.
The nation said kʷiisaḥiʔis, or Brave Little Hunter, swam over the sandbar and out into open water during high tide around 2:30 a.m. PT.
After a long night of feeding kʷiisaḥiʔis and watching the calf play in the lagoon, the nation said, a small group “stood as witnesses to watch her swim under the bridge and down the inlet.”
“Today the community of Zeballos and people everywhere are waking up to some incredible news and what can only …
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