Rescuers Free Whale Near GA; Embedded Rope Remains
From Nov. 15 to April 15, pregnant females migrate from their northern feeding grounds to give birth off the coasts of Georgia and Florida.
In a morning routine aerial survey on Dec. 3, the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the Clearwater Marine Aquarium spotted something unusual about 10 miles off of Jekyll Island in Brunswick, Ga. – a young North Atlantic Right Whale (NARW) wrapped in rope.
"That's a somewhat rare event down here in the Southeast," said National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Southeast Large Whale...
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