A rescue effort that involves lifting a killer whale calf out of a remote tidal lagoon off northern Vancouver Island could happen within the next two weeks.

Federal Fisheries Department officials, the area’s Ehattesaht First Nation and marine mammal rescue experts say they’re convinced the only way to save the two-year-old orca calf is to risk hoisting it from the tidal lagoon near Zeballos, B.C.

Experts say they're convinced the only way to save the two-year-old orca calf is to risk hoisting it from tidal lagoon near Zeballos, B.C.{ai:summary}<p>Officials, First Nation, and experts plan risky, imminent rescue of killer whale calf from remote B.C. lagoon. #wildlife</p>

B.C. orca calf stuck at a remote lagoon could be airlifted within next two weeks

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