8-7-2018
BELLINGHAM, Wash. — The Lummi Tribe is among the groups hoping to save a very sick southern resident orca.
The female orca known as J50 is showing signs of severe malnutrition and infection.
NOAA’s recovery coordinator for the southern resident orcas, Lynne Barre, says Lummi fishers will provide live Chinook salmon for feeding and administering oral medication.
Another possibility is administering a long-acting antibiotic with a pole injection system if they’re able to get close enough to the orca.
J50 is a family member of a mother orca that recently carried her dead calf for hundreds of miles over at least 10 days.
