Bryde’s whale washes ashore in only known sighting of the animal in B.C.
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PORT MCNEILL — Another dead whale has washed ashore on a British Columbia beach, the third over two weeks, but a marine wildlife expert says there’s likely no connections to the deaths.
The Namgis First Nation says in a statement that a resident reported finding the whale Wednesday on a beach near Port McNeill, B.C., and experts who have examined the animal say it’s a Bryde’s whale – a species rarely seen in waters north of the same latitude as Los Angeles.
Jackie Hildering with the Marine Education and Research Society is among the researchers on-site, and says this is the only known sighting of a Bryde’s whale in B.C.
The latest discovery comes after two dead grey whales were found on B.C. coasts this month, one in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve near Tofino and the other in Haida Gwaii near Skidegate.
