Bet you wish YOUR river had one of these...

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

Canada's whale of a dilemma

Luna, now five, is a Southern Resident killer whale (an endangered species) who, in July of 2001, showed up in Nootka Sound, off Vancouver Island. The youngster had lost contact with his pod, or family unit, and wandered until he found a food source…

…He traveled further inland toward Gold River, where he became famous. By the summer of 2003, tourists were traveling to Gold River to see him, touch him, and sadly, to abuse him…

…Meanwhile, the Mowachaht-Muchalaht First Nations people, a native Canadian tribe, raised concerns about moving Luna, whom they call Tsuux-iit. Their late chief had said he would return in the form of a whale. Shortly after his death, Luna appeared.

[Kythereia]

[wet blanket on]

No, actually, I don’t, because Luna is far too dependent on humans now to ever be successfully re-introduced into the wild–all attempts to do so, so far, have failed. They’ll have to take her (him?) into captivity again. It’s kind of sad

[/wet blanket off]

Killer whale? In Lake Ontario? Surely you jest.