VANCOUVER - When the first white-sided dolphin showed up in Echo Bay in the Broughton Islands about 13 years ago, Billy Proctor had no idea what it was.

Proctor, who grew up in the Broughtons, near the north end of Vancouver Island, had never seen one of the mammals before. Now he sees hundreds of them daily hanging out close to shore.

“They just keep increasing,” Proctor said in an interview on his satellite phone. “I guess their population is probably exploding because there’s tons of babies everywhere. I don’t think they’re supposed to be here.”

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