Canada's Too-Friendly Killer Whale To Be Captured

[matcom]

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - A lonely killer whale on Canada's Pacific coast, whose search for companionship has become a danger to boats and float planes, and himself, will be captured next week so he can be reunited with his family pod, officials said on Thursday.

Scientist said it was clear the one-ton whale, nicknamed Luna, would not be able to link up with the pod on his own, so he will have to be trucked to the southern tip of Vancouver Island where the other orcas normally spend the summer.

Luna has been swimming alone in a bay on western Vancouver Island since 2001, but as human activity in the area picked with the approach of summer, he was having run-ins with boats and float planes in an apparent search for companionship.

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[Paradise]

1. What a sad story :( with a happy ending-to-be :) Thanks. nt