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- Using grapples, rescuers attach buoys to the fishing gear. These floats make it difficult for the whale to dive and create drag, eventually tiring it out. When the whale has slowed to an approachable speed, rescuers begin the dangerous task of removing the gear. They cut through the netting or rope with long knives.
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Dec 5, 2013 · This week, biologists have been working to save a pod of 41 pilot whales that are stranded in dangerously shallow water in Everglades National Park, in southern Florida. The whales are stuck in a...
Aug 13, 2019 · The goal of whale rescuers is to get close enough to throw a grapple hook with a built-in blade onto the offending rope and then give it a pull. A...
Feb 6, 2012 · Early in the rescue, the three gray whales were breathing through small holes to get air. Inupiat hunters came to help cut bigger holes in the ice through the whales, using their...
Sep 21, 2022 · What happens now? While it's natural to want to dive in and assist, what's key now is letting the professionals do what they do, marine expert Vanessa Pirotta says. Sperm whales stranded mostly young males, experts say.
The goal of the Canadian Whale Institute is the long-term survival for endangered whales, particularly the North Atlantic right whale, in Canadian waters. Although whaling has ceased in most of the world, with the notable exceptions of Japan, Norway and Iceland, its legacy is one of decimated whale populations around the world.
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Whales swim 4-10 miles per hour making cutting them free a dangerous job. The majority of whale deaths since the 1970s have been caused by humans. The leading cause of death is entanglement in fishing gear followed by getting hit by a ship.
Jul 11, 2017 · Howlett, who co-founded the Campobello Whale Rescue Team, was performing a rescue in the Gulf of St. Lawrence from a Department of Fisheries vessel based at Shippagan, on the Acadian...
