It has been 20 years since teams from British Columbia and Washington State worked together to rescue an orphaned orca named Springer. She was the first orca to have been captured and then successfully re-integrated into her pod. Springer is now thriving with two calves of her own – Spirit born in 2013 and Storm born in 2017.
Original article: https://globalnews.ca/news/9009583/springer-orca-whale-story-20-years/