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Article: Rescuers free whale entangled in rope Humpback's life was endangered
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- July 17, 2006
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MOUNT DESERT ISLAND - A humpback whale that was entangled in
marine gear off the coast of Mount Desert Island for at least 20
hours was cut free just after noon Sunday.
At approximately 12:30 p.m. a rescue crew from the Provincetown
Center for Coastal Studies used a sharp knife fastened at the end of
a 10-foot pole to slice away rope that wrapped around the 30-foot
whale's neck and mouth. Severing that one line freed the whale, and
after two large kicks rescuers did not see the whale again, Bob
Bowman, network coordinator for Provincetown, said Sunday afternoon
in a telephone interview.
Bowman said the whale probably had been entangled for a couple of
days, and its condition was ...