Mar 2, 2020
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Magin(A71) has been officially declared deceased.
Here is fifteen year old Magin(A71) with his younger brother Mystery(A94) on August 18 2014 at the rubbing beaches on Malcolm Island
Photo taken by Friends of the Wild Side
Autobahnbrücke der A71 bei Gispersleben- Erfurt Nord 02.11.2019
A71
Erfurt, 2017
A71 2017
Tragic News
According to the 2018 Orcalab Annual Report, Section: Remote Cameras & Network Systems (and a little history) Magin(A71) died in 2018 at the age of 19. Reports from Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada usually wait for another year of non-sightings to make a definite conclusion, but this is worrisome.
Magin(A71) from 2009, back when he was a sprouter.
Photo credit: Jackie Hildering
The A24s 2017: Status
At eighteen years of age Magin(A71) is nearly a full mature male; his dorsal is at about the height and size it will remain for the rest of his life baring severe injury or collapse. Toba(A78)’s dorsal started sprouting last year. A110, now two years old, has a nonscientific name, chosen from among the various names of coastal British Columbia landmarks and geography.
Their niece Springer(A73) was spotted with a new calf born in the early part this year along with her first offspring born in 2013. She is a healthy whale and producing robust offspring; by all standards her rescue and rehabilitation back in 2002 is a success.
There were few confirmed sightings of the A24s, they mainly traversed the waters between the tip of the southeastern Alaskan panhandle and central British Columbian coast.
The listed ages of each A24 orca are estimates.
Schooner(A64) - 22 years old, adult female, matriarch, mother of two offspring
Kanish(A89) - 9 years old, juvenile, offspring of Schooner(A64)
Barkley(A110) - 2 year old male calf, offspring of Schooner(A64)
Magin(A71) - 18 years old, adult male
Toba(A78) - 14 years old, juvenile maturing male
Mystery(A94) - 8 years old, juvenile male