Young orca calf spotted with pod of Southern Resident killer whales

There’s encouraging news for the Puget Sound region’s endangered Orca population as The Center for Whale Research is sharing photos of a calf believed to be traveling with the Endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales’ L pod off Tofino, British Columbia.

If researchers can confirm what the photos appear to show, it would be the first new calf for the L pod since 2021.

The Center’s Research Director, Michael Weiss, estimated the calf is more than three weeks old

“The calf is kind of filled out. It doesn’t have the wrinkly look that you get from a brand new calf, but it is still quite young,” Weiss told KIRO Newsradio.

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