Friday, 11. June 2004
Topic: NATURE - on June 11, 2004 at 4:09:00 PM CEST
Canada's Too-Friendly Killer Whale to Be Captured
A lonely killer whale on Canada's Pacific coast, whose search for companionship has become a danger to boats and float planes, and himself, will be captured next week so he can be reunited with his family pod, officials said on Thursday.
Scientist said it was clear the one-ton whale, nicknamed Luna, would not be able to link up with the pod on his own, so he will have to be trucked to the southern tip of Vancouver Island where the other orcas normally spend the summer.
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