Orca stranded at Cadzand: ‘Situation worrisome’
A spokesperson for SOS Dolphin explains that it is ‘not a good sign’ that the animal has become trapped again. We are looking at how best to help. The KNRM explains that the ofka is kept wet.
It almost never happens that an orca washes ashore in the Netherlands. It is unclear how the animals ended up here. The animal in the surf is 5.5 meters long.
Beach pavilion DOK 14 filmed one of the helpless mammals in the surf:
It is being examined how the orca can best be helped. Previously made from the KNRM, from two washed ashore, but would have gone from an attempt on its own, but one of the hand of this animal alone is second or from the coast of that this toka actually came to the beach.
Orca Morgan
The last time an ofka washed ashore was in 2010. Orca Morgan was found in the Wadden Sea and was collected in Dolfinarium Harderwijk. Then a battle breaks out over the fate of the killer whale. According to animal activists, she should be released, but the Ministry of Agriculture ordered her to be sent to an animal amusement park on the Spanish island of Tenerife. A correct decision, the Council of State later ruled.
A year ago it became clear that Morgan had to perform tricks for the public in the amusement park. That was against the agreements in the export license that was drawn up at the time.