How a group of orcas were captured — and some freed — in B.C. waters over 50 years ago

How a group of orcas were captured — and some freed — in B.C. waters over 50 years ago

March 1, 1970. It was a blustery, cold morning off the southern tip of Vancouver Island when four men on a boating trip spotted something unusual in the waves. A white dorsal fin.A white orca. Seeing the creatures is extremely rare; in 2020, Stephanie Hayes,

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