A southern right whale entangled in a blue cod pot buoys and more than 100 of rope, has been freed in a major operation by the Department of Conservation.
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A race to save a rare whale unfolded in southern waters this week after the giant mammal became tangled in fishing gear and began dragging four buoys and 100 metres of rope towards Bluff, prompting a major Department of Conservation rescue operation.
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The nine-metre southern right whale, or tohorā in Māori, is the first of the species to have been recorded entangled in New…
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