SEATTLE, Wash. — The death of an orca calf this weekend has renewed questions about the health of the Southern Resident population and what other factors are at play.
On Saturday, the SeaDoc Society and Center for Whale Research reported that J-36 was spotted carrying her dead newborn calf in the waters of Rosario Strait. SeaDoc reported that she was approximately four miles behind a larger group of J-pod animals moving south and east of Orcas Island.
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