Wednesday, April 18, 2012

California gray whale entangled

  • LOS ANGELES -- The Coast Guard is searching for a 40-foot gray whale entangled in fishing line that may be heading down the Southern California coast.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • LAGUNA BEACH - An older, 40-foot gray whale was found entangled in a net near Laguna Beach Tuesday, and a rescue team followed the animal south out to sea working to free it.
  • (Contra Costa Times)
  • CALIFORNIA (WABC) -- Crews off the coast of California are resuming their effort Wednesday to save a whale that is entangled in a fishing line.
  • (Abc Local Web)
  • Rescuers trailed closely behind the animal (video below) and tagged it with three buoys, a common practice with whale rescues, this one being the third off Southern Californias coast recently helped rescue an entangled grey whale near Palos Verdes.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • American but unfortunately we are having a banner year for Gray whales being entangled in fishing nets and just yesterday was the third one off the coast of Southern California.
  • (DAILY KOS)
  • (San Clemente, CA) -- For the third time in just three weeks a whale found itself in trouble off the coast of southern California. Watch as rescue crews save the whale after following it around all day.
  • (digtriad.com)
  • LOS ANGELES – Rescuers in a small boat chased a migrating gray whale along the coast of Southern California for hours Thursday before they were able to cut off fishing traps, lines and debris wrapped around its tail.
  • (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
  • Rescuers are working to free a grey whale tangled in up to 30.5m (100ft) of fishing line off the California coast. The adult whale, which seems to be in good health, is the third to have been found entangled in fishing gear in a month.
  • (BBC News)
  • LAGUNA BEACH (AP) -- Rescuers say they were able to loosen some of the fishing line that entangled a 40-foot gray whale off the Southern California coast before ending rescue operations for the day.
  • (Marin Independent Journal)

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