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An attempt to rescue a stranded baby orca on Friday was “close but unsuccessful” according to officials with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. The orca’s pregnant mother was beached at low tide two weeks ago and died.

Dozens of people attempted the rescue operation in a remote lagoon on Vancouver Island, trying to move the two-year-old orca calf stranded near Zeballos B.C.

The plan was to hoist the baby orca, nicknamed “Brave Little Hunter” with a giant net onto a flatbed truck. Officials had hoped to carry her a short distance and then release her into open water, but it is unclear when another attempt to rescue her could be made.

Global's Kylie Stanton reports.

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