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Stranded baby porpoise rescued after Vancouver Island hiker splashes into action

Sooke residents start rescue before professional reinforcements arrive by air
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A team jumped to the rescue of a baby porpoise in distress at Whiffin Spit. (Submitted)

When a baby porpoise was spotted in distress off southern Vancouver Island, onlookers quickly came to the rescue.

Sooke resident Ina Winterberburn was walking along Whiffin Spit in Sooke late Sunday afternoon because, as she explained, 香蕉视频直播渁ny walk along the spit makes for a good day.香蕉视频直播

香蕉视频直播淭he walk that was personally full of photographic potential turned into an exciting affirmation that there are wonderful, caring people in our everyday lives,香蕉视频直播 she said.

Winterburn noticed a hiker had discovered a baby harbour porpoise in distress in the shallow water.

香蕉视频直播淗e waded in and supported the tiny creature for well over an hour while phoning Vancouver香蕉视频直播檚 Marine Animal Rescue Centre,香蕉视频直播 she said. 香蕉视频直播淭he aquarium reached out to Mike (Walsh) from H.I.P. (Adventures by H.I.P.) and Allen (Krutz) from West Coast Outdoor Adventure to assist in the rescue.香蕉视频直播

Allen took over in supporting the baby porpoise in a towel sling for the next hour while Mike went to the Sooke Basin to pick up rescue personnel that had flown in on a Whistler Air float plane, to take them to Whiffin Spit.

香蕉视频直播淭hey immediately stabilized the baby porpoise and prepared it for transfer to the aquarium,香蕉视频直播 Winterburn said.

香蕉视频直播淭he last I saw of the porpoise was as it was being transported back to the float plane with its caregivers. It was only a few short minutes later that I watched the plane fly overhead on its way back to Vancouver, she said.

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A team jumped to the rescue of a baby porpoise in distress at Whiffin Spit. (Submitted)
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A team jumped to the rescue of a baby porpoise in distress at Whiffin Spit. (Submitted)




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