Entangled Humpback Rescued off Maine
Video Capture courtesy WCSH 6, Portland.
CapeCodOnline: A Cape Cod animal welfare group helped rescue a humpback whale from a potentially deadly entanglement on Wednesday [April 11] near Mount Desert Island, Maine.
A marine animal entanglement response team from the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies, along with the Maine Marine Patrol and the National Marine Fisheries Service, freed the whale after at least 3 days of the animal being stranded, according to a statement from the center.
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Video: WCSH6 Portland
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