Tolfino, B.C — A baby orca has been found dead near Vancouver Island, Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans says.
The death comes at the tail end of a great year for orca births in the region. Since December 2014, there have been 8 calf births to the J-Pod group of killer whales.
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says they’ve conducted a necropsy. The results haven’t been released.
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