'Bad behaviour': Boater allegedly harasses, takes selfies with orcas off Vancouver Island
Photographer TJ Campbell captured this photo of a boater allegedly harassing orcas in Baynes Sound, Monday, July 3, 2023. is investigating after a boater allegedly harassed orcas in waters off Vancouver Island, in an incident caught on camera by a photographer calling it “just not okay.”
He says he didn’t think much of the situation at first, but then the boater extended his fishing rod to the orcas, or Southern Resident killer whales. “The orcas were trying to get him away from the baby by splashing their tails down. They kind of separated from the boat, then he started up and drove over to them again. He was trying to touch them,” he said. “Not a super intelligent thing to do.”“There were lots of people on the beach,” he recalled. “Everyone was yelling at him, and he just waved back at everybody thinking it was great. He did that for 20 or 25 minutes. Another boat came by, and they did the right thing.
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