Rescued porpoise finds permanent home in Vancouver

Vancouver Sun Wednesday 16th May, 2012

Jack, a five-week-old porpoise, was found stranded on the beach Sept. 16 and was rescued by the aquarium's Marine Mammal Rescue Centre. Despite six months of intense rehabilitation, the porpoise was recently deemed unfit to survive in the wild by Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Jack will reside in the aquarium's porpoise habitat.

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