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, 含羞草研究社渁ny walk along the spit makes for a good day.含羞草研究社�
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Winterburn noticed a hiker had discovered a baby harbour porpoise in distress in the shallow water.
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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.
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含羞草研究社淭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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