DEDICATED CANADIAN TEAM OF RESCUERS INITIALLY SCRAMBLE TO SAVE ORCA CALF STRANDED IN THE SCENIC LAGOON.

The scenic lagoon on the coast of Vancouver Island, in the far west of Canada, is usually quiet, interrupted only by the sounds of animals or a lone vehicle. But since an orphaned 2-year-old orca calf was stranded in the lagoon two weeks ago, the area has been buzzing with activity as preparations get underway to save her.


The calf became stranded in the Zeballos lagoon after its mother got trapped on a sand bar in the lagoon's shallow waters and died on March 23.

A dedicated Canadian Team of rescuers are scrambling to reunite the young killer whale with her extended family, which includes a grandmother and an aunt and is suspected to be somewhere in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. As food sources for the orca dwindle in the lagoon, rescuers know and has rectified that they must hurry.