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, 91裸聊视频渁ny walk along the spit makes for a good day.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淭he walk that was personally full of photographic potential turned into an exciting affirmation that there are wonderful, caring people in our everyday lives,91裸聊视频� she said.
Winterburn noticed a hiker had discovered a baby harbour porpoise in distress in the shallow water.
91裸聊视频淗e waded in and supported the tiny creature for well over an hour while phoning Vancouver91裸聊视频檚 Marine Animal Rescue Centre,91裸聊视频� she said. 91裸聊视频淭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.91裸聊视频�
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.
91裸聊视频淭hey immediately stabilized the baby porpoise and prepared it for transfer to the aquarium,91裸聊视频� Winterburn said.
91裸聊视频淭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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