RSS

Posts Tagged ‘Whales’

February 22nd, 2015 - 12:34 pm § in Environment, Misc.

Victory in week-long effort to free whale from fishing ropes

A 45-foot-long humpback whale entangled in fishing ropes, first spotted on Feb. 13, was freed Friday after a week-long rescue operation coordinated by NOAA and a Hawaiian marine sanctuary. Rescuers lost track of the whale for several days in stormy weather, but relocated it and attached a satellite [...]