Video / Mark MitchellThe efforts to reunite baby orca Toa with his pod have reached what is being described as a "delicate stage". The Department of Conservation said the situation had now stretched beyond what would be normal for a marine mammal stranding. Stormy weather conditions set to bring gale-force winds and four-metre swells to the Wellington region has forced volunteers to move orca calf Toa to a land-based holding tank. Department of Conservation Marine Species manager Ian Angus said the 32,000-litre pool will not be the orca's permanent home. Volunteers moving orca named Toa into holding pool last night.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 15, 2021 21:12 UTC