Mother orca Tahlequah has been carrying her dead calf, a daughter, for at least 11 days, according to local news outlets.
The law aims to protect southern resident orcas from noise caused by boat traffic, which could affect their likelihood of hunting prey such as Chinook salmon.
The mother orca, known as Tahlequah or J35, has been seen carrying the body of the deceased female calf since Wednesday, the Washington state-based Center for Whale Research said in a Facebook post.
In 2018, an orca in the Pacific Ocean’s Southern Resident population named Tahlequah refused to let go of her dead calf, ...
The loss of Tahlequah’s new calf (“ Orca Tahlequah’s new baby dies ,” Dec. 31, Climate Lab) and her all-too-familiar grief ...
especially after a video surfaced of the orca known as Tahlequah, or J-35, pushing her dead calf through the waters of Washington state. Since then, Kelley says, people have been grieving ...
This makes Washington state the first place in the world to successfully implement a ban on all new commercial net pens, and ...
where the salmon that orcas depend on reproduce. But the proposal is opposed by the Army Corps of Engineers, which operates the dams, as well as several members of Washington’s congressional ...
Tahlequah is the orca whose story shocked the world in 2018 when she carried a calf that lived only half an hour for 17 days ...
The mother orca, known as Tahlequah or J35, has been seen carrying the body of the deceased female calf since Wednesday, the Washington state-based Center for Whale Research said in a Facebook post.
The mother orca, known as Tahlequah or J35, has been seen carrying the body of the deceased female calf since Wednesday, the Washington state-based Center for Whale Research said in a Facebook post.