LYNDA V. MAPES: ‘Tahlequah the mother orca is no longer carrying her dead calf. “J35 frolicked past my window today with other J pod whales, and she looks vigorous and healthy,” Ken Balcomb, founding director of the Center for Whale Research, wrote in an email to The Seattle Times. “The ordeal of her carrying a … Continue reading After 17 days and 1,000 miles, mother orca Tahlequah drops her dead calf