Orca that carried dead calf for weeks in 2018 is doing so once again

are they up on this first day of the year dozens of people chose to start 2025 at constellation Park in West Seattle oh yeah here you go 1 2 3 hoping to catch a glimpse of our Coast's beloved creatures wow they're so close to the shore over there tragic news of j 61's death and the confirmation of the birth of another j-pod baby make whale lovers like kiry M today's the day especially protective M was among the few who called the be whale wise hotline to report p a yacht that seemed to be cruising too close and too long with the Pod visible from the park the law mandating boers stay a thousand yards away from Southern residents newly implemented today we just lost a calf and vessel disturbance is you know one of the top three things that they are suffering with J 61's death is especially poignant because this is the second time Taqua has lost her calf Taqua broke Hearts around the world after she carried her dead calf for 17 days on her head in a tour of grief in 2018 for that to happen again just shows that we haven't made enough progress we haven't done enough to bring back the salmon samish Indian nation's chairman Tom Wooten says his people and most coish folks see killer whales as their ancestors so preventing a loss in any of the pods by removing dams and restoring salmon populations is top priority for the tribe I don't know know that there's a silver bullet or one thing that's going to fix everything but I think if we try everything that we can at this point uh we're going to make a difference