Grieving orca mother Tahlequah carries dead baby for the second time 

CTV News
Mina Kerr-Lazenby
2025 01 02

As was the case with the loss of her first daughter, Tahlequah has been seen carrying the body of her deceased second daughter with her. In 2018, the mother of four carried the lifeless body of her calf for 1,600 kilometres off British Columbia’s south coast for more than two weeks.

“The death of any calf in the SRKW (southern resident killer whale) population is a tremendous loss, but the death of J61 is particularly devastating,”said the centre in the statement.