Rescuers Make Slow Progress on Freeing Entangled North Atlantic Right Whales

Rescuers Make Slow Progress on Freeing Entangled North Atlantic Right Whales
Marine scientists get a close look at an injured North Atlantic right whale approximately 65 miles east of Provincetown, Mass., in this file photo. AP Photo/Kevin Mingora, Pool
The Canadian Press
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Efforts to free some endangered, entangled North Atlantic right whales continue, weather permitting, according to the federal government.

A news release from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans said search and rescue operations for three whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence resumed on Tuesday after “several days” of challenging weather conditions.