New Zealand rescuers scrambling to save beached baby orca
By AFP
17 July 2021 |
3:47 pm
An orca calf that was beached and separated from its mother is cared for by conservationists as the search begins for the baby's mother. Named Toa -- Maori for 'warrior' -- the 2.5 metre (eight foot) orca is unweaned and unable to survive alone in the ocean.
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