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Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 12:54 pm
An intensive search for the pod of the
stranded baby orca – named Toa – has continued daily for
the last week-and-a-half.
The young orca calf has
been cared for around-the-clock by Department of
Conservation (DOC) staff and volunteers since becoming
separated from his mother at Plimmerton, north of
Wellington, on Sunday 11 July. It’s reported the cost to
taxpayers of looking after Toa is estimated at
The SMC asked experts to comment on ethical
considerations in this evolving situation.
Dr Karen
Stockin, Professor in Marine Biology and Rutherford
Discovery Fellow, Massey University, comments:
“The
situation for Toa was always very fragile from the moment he
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