Chilean Navy divers travel more than 2000 miles to free whale caught in fishing nets
17 August 2018 at 11:02am
By BRIDIE PEARSON-JONES FOR MAILONLINE
PUBLISHED: 08:29 EDT, 16 August 2018 | UPDATED: 19:03 EDT, 16 August 2018
This is the moment specialist divers rescue an 'agitated and fearful' killer whale after it became tangled in fishing nets intended to catch spider crabs.
The animal was spotted in distress on a Patagonian port, about 2000 miles out to sea from the Chilean capital of Santiago.
Fishermen spotted the creature, and reported it to the Chilean navy.
The navy then sent a patrol boat named the Alcalufe to the scene, near port William on the island of Navarino, just off Cape Horn on the southern tip of Patagonia.
More:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6066947/Chilean-divers-free-huge-killer-whale-trapped-fishing-net-2000-miles-sea.html
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