She stayed up all night analyzing photos of the rescued whale and found enough evidence to confirm her hunch. I think we found your whale,’ ” Michaud recalled. “Should these kinds of operations be part of our toolbox to help the population?” Michaud wondered. But this was definitely oriented toward conservation.”Véronique Lesage, a research scientist and beluga specialist with Fisheries and Oceans was surprised to hear the rescued beluga had strayed again. Definitely this one seems to be one of the adventurous ones.”With adventure comes danger; Michaud said fresh scars on the tail of the rescued whale show it was hit by a boat recently.

Source: National Post July 31, 2018 23:54 UTC