“Sign of Hope” for the Killer whales in the process of extinction as a research center confirms the newborn calf
The Center for Whale Research states that one of its biologists on the field has identified a new calf in a pod of assassin whales in the street of extinction off the southern coast of British Columbia.
The center based in Washington states in a Facebook post that the biologist Mark Malleson met J-Pod, part of the wider population of the southern resident assassins, while the Orcas swam on Victoria Harbour on Sunday.
The center claims to have observed and documented a newborn baby who was swimming next to a whale known as J40, and it is thought to be his first calf.
The last calf is the fourth born among the residents of the South in the last year, with the center that states that it is “a sign of hope for this community in the street”.
Based on the initial observations, he says that there are no “immediate concerns” for the calf now nicknamed J63, but the first year of life is often demanding for young whales.
The confirmation of the birth comes less than two months after the researchers with the center identified a newborn calf in February, after the death of another.
At the time, the center said he had confirmed that J35, or Tahlequah, no longer brought the body of his dead calfskin, which he had started to push around January 1st.
Previously, the researchers said that Tahlequah’s behavior is an apparent act of pain and that the whale had lost two of her four documented calves. He captured titles all over the world when he pushed the remains of the previous calf for 17 days in 2018.
The southern resident assassins are classified as in danger of extinction under the Canadian and US laws of risk species, with the center that states that each new calf is “vitally” for the survival and recovery of whales.
“We remain cautiously optimistic about the survival of J63 and lead us to follow follow-ups on the behavior and physical conditions of the calf in the next few days and months, as the opportunities allow,” he says in Tuesday’s Facebook post.
The Canadian government has recently decided not to issue an emergency order to protect whales despite the determination of their fishing and environment ministers that the South residents face “imminent threats” to their survival.
Instead, the Fishing Department declared with the decision of last month that “incremental measures will be pursued” to protect the whales that eat salmon.
“It has been established that the most effective approach is to continue to manage human activities without placing an emergency order, using existing legislative tools and non -regulatory measures,” says the note.
The Center for Whale Research states that one of its biologists on the field has identified a new calf in a pod of assassin whales in the street of extinction off the southern coast of British Columbia.
The conservation groups, including the David Suzuki Foundation, Raincoast Conservation Foundation and World Wildlife Fund Canada, denounced the decision, stating that the existing measures have “shown inadequate” to protect the whales from threats ranging from prey inadequate to underwater noise and ships of ships.
