National Portrait: Ingrid Visser, Orca researcher and protectorSCOTT HAMMOND/Stuff.co.nz An orca stranded in Marlborough was helped back out to sea by volunteers and orca expert Ingrid VisserAn email to Dr Ingrid Visser bounces back, again. "It starts with 'Wow, you work with whales and dolphins' and becomes 'When are the whales and dolphins going to come second?' RICKY WILSON/STUFF Volunteers help a stranded orca at Marlborough's Marfells Beach. Now, Visser has become an international advocate for protecting orca against boat strike, marine pollution, habitat destruction and captivity. Twenty-six years since she began researching orca, Visser hasn't lost the buzz of getting an orca hotline call and setting off in hot pursuit.

Source: Stuff September 14, 2018 17:01 UTC