Update: Dead New Zealand Orca Calf's Mother Driven Off By Bad Boat Drivers

Update from the Orca Research Trust: 

"After spending 22 hours watching the mother orca carrying her dead calf, we were devastated to see her driven off, due to bad driving from a few boaties (approaching too fast and too close). Although many people showed great respect and sympathy when they approached (and drove considerately - thank you to those folks), the few who didn’t caused the mother to abandon her baby."

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Article (posted 30th September): 
An article about the inconsiderate boaters who interrupted the grieving process of a New Zealand orca who has recently lost her calf says that a preliminary necropsy indicates that the calf died from 'blunt force trauma' - it was most likely to have been struck by a boat. Dr. Ingrid Visser of New Zealand's Orca Research Trust comments on the incident and highlights the imperative need for boaters to be aware of the laws and regulations that exist to protect orca and marine mammals in their natural habitat.

Read here: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11521507