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Did you know the Western Cape has an official team of rescuers dedicated to freeing whales ensnared in fishing gear? These marine heroes are called The SA Whale Disentanglement Network . On Friday, June 28, the SAWDN was called to duty after calls of a distressed whale entangled in a fishing line off-shore of Walker Bay, Hermanus , was reported. The local whale charter vessel Miroscha was monitoring the whale from a safe distance, noting how it was entangled in a fishing line around its tail.
rescues whale that was entangled in Hermanus, Western Cape. pic.twitter.com/fqnOstIYaC — Reginald Hargreaves July 3, 2024 This is not an easy operation, as the whale was thrashing about, making the line embed even further into its flesh. “Cautiously approaching the whale, in a number of efforts to cut the fishing long line off the tail, the flukes and the caudal peduncle, we managed, using the specialised cutting equipment, to get a majority of the line cut free,” said those on the rescue craft.
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