A two year old right whale calf ensnared in fishing gear off the Georgia coast is free. Federal and state workers successfully cut the synthetic ropes to free the whale, entangled since mid January. Rescue efforts last month were frustrated by choppy seas. The rescue Thursday took more than four hours. Only about 350 to 400 North Atlantic right whales remain, putting them among the most highly endangered of all whales.
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Saturday, February 14, 2009
Right Whale Freed Off Georgia Coast
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Melissa Stiers
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2/14/2009 09:08:00 AM
Labels: endangered, fishing gear, Georgia coast, north atlantic right whale, right whale
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