grantmc 59 Posted September 13, 2015 Share Posted September 13, 2015 A baby whale was rescued from a tangle of cray pots and buoy lines at the entrance to Wellington Harbour yesterday. Some fishermen spotted the whale and recognised it was having difficulties about 9am. Police were called. Police in turn called DOC for help. DOC sent a specialist whale rescue team from Kaikoura. The rescue arrived at Wellington early afternoon and the maritime police took them out on the Lady Elizabeth IV. The crew set out on the police launch's small tender to get closer to the stuck whale. Constable Kyle Smith said "It was entangled in the cray pots and the buoy”. He added “it was just a baby whale, a juvenile, and having difficulty and it was in a little bit of distress”. After hours of cutting away the young humpback was finally free at about 5.30pm."They cut the lines off him and he swam away out to sea and he seemed pretty happy." Video link.http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/72007328/video-baby-humpback-rescued-in-wellington-harbour 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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