Killer Whale Rescue

A trapped juvenile transient (Bigg’s) killer whale, named Sam (T046C2), was rescued on August 15, 2013 by the Vancouver Aquarium and Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) after becoming stranded in a small bay on the central coast of British Columbia. The killer whale was first spotted by researchers on July 23. In subsequent days, he was observed making calls but seemed unwilling to pass through the bay’s shallow entrance. Dr. Barrett-Lennard, a Vancouver Aquarium research scientist, made several attem