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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 18, 2004, Winnipeg, Manitoba A10 Canada / world Winnipeg free press Friday june 18, 2004 Luna Abandons fisheries boat aboriginals sing to lure Friendly orca Gold River . ? Luna the dangerously Friendly orca followed a department of fisheries Zodiac yester Day with aboriginal protesters in Pur suit paddling canoes and singing. It raised Hopes the move to eventually reunite the rambunctious whale with his pod had begun but Luna soon broke away from the Zodiac. Marilyn Joyce Marine mammal coordinator for fisheries said Luna was probably looking for food. Videotaped footage showed Luna blowing along behind the Grey inflatable boat headed towards a net pen where officials Hope Luna can be captured. Aboriginal protesters continued to sing in an Effort to lure Luna towards them and away from the net pen. It was the same tactic that brought Luna to them wednesday. Our singers Are very willing to sing As Long As it takes they la just have to sing louder said Mike Laquinna grand chief of the mow Schaht Mucha Laht. Some people see it As a protest. We Don to. Its just some people getting in canoes and singing some songs and a whale happens to be about. We be done this for thousands of fisheries and the Vancouver aquarium Are hoping to move Luna to Waters near Victoria because the whale has become too Friendly with people and boats and has become a danger. The protesters believe Luna should be left to remain in Nootka sound. They believe the spirit of their late chief inhabits the whale. Luna turned up in Nootka sound in 2001, just Days after the chief delivered a deathbed wish for his spirit to reside within an orca. Mow Schaht chief Jerry Jack was among 17 band members who jumped into two canoes wednesday and led Luna out to sea. Jack said yesterday the paddlers wanted to direct Luna to a Cove and keep him there until the end of the summer when the Chance to reunite Luna with his pod would be lost. ? Canadian press ;