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Humpback whale tangled in fishing gear cut free after 4 days

July 8, 2015 — MOSS LANDING, Calif. (AP) — A juvenile humpback whale entangled in fishing gear off the Northern California coast has been cut free after a four-day effort to rescue the animal.

The whale was first spotted near Moss Landing in Monterey County last week, with its upper jaw deformed and a flipper immobilized by fishing gear.

Read the full story at WTNH Connecticut News

 

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