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New baby orca seen in Puget Sound
New killer whale calf born to Jpod in December 2011. (Photo by Candace Emmons / NWFSC)
The Associated Press
A new baby orca was photographed Saturday in a pod that lives in Puget Sound.
The Northwest Fisheries Science Center and the Center for Whale Research confirmed the mother is 39-year-old Slick, also known as J-16. Her new calf brings the total number of killer whales in the Southern Resident population to 89.
The federal government listed Southern Resident orcas as an endangered species in 2005.
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