Baby orca finally frees itself after being stranded in lagoon for over 30 days

A young killer whale that was trapped in a lagoon for more than a month has finally freed itself, nbc news informed of.

The orphaned orca had been stranded near Vancouver Island, British Columbia, since March.

The Ehattesaht First Nation named the orca calf “Brave Little Hunter” after his pregnant mother died on a rocky beach in late March, leaving him alone.

The team along with fisheries officials made several unsuccessful attempts to capture it and release it into the open water.

Efforts reportedly included using a sling to transport him, playing recorded killer whale vocalizations to lure him out of the remote lagoon, and even serenading him with violin music.

Finally, on Friday, during high tide she “crossed the sand bar on which her mother had died, under the bridge, down Little Espinosa Inlet and onto Esperanza Inlet.”

“He endured a long night of violations and playing” with the Ehteesaht First Nation team.

The team later captured the orca calf in Esperanza Inlet, in the hopes of “encouraging him toward the open ocean where it is hoped the call of the brave little hunter will be heard by his family.”