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Attempt to Liberate a Whale Stuck in a net in the Bay Fails

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whale-stuck-in-netOn Saturday, February 1st was reported the sight of a hunchback whale stuck in a net in Banderas Bay, despite maneuvers of Members of the Assistance Network to Whales on Nets of Banderas Bay (Raben), the cetacean has remained that way since then.

It is about a male identified as "Escolta", of a mother and her offspring; during a sightseeing tour, he was detected by a tourism ship, which immediately notified the Port Captaincy, which alerted the members of Raben, the 8th Navy Zone, PROFEPA Jalisco and Civil Protection.

According to the biologist Astrid Frish, Coordinator of Raben and President of Ecology and Whale Conservation it was a difficult case, as the male had an end entangled on his head, without showing nets or other lose ends.

The rescue team got as close as it could to the head of the cetacean, but the behavior of the mother, the offspring and the male made the maneuvering difficult and it had to be suspended until they were tranquilized.

They tried again and after six hours of exhaustive work they decided to continue the next day.

On Sunday February 2nd, members of Raben, of the 8th Navy Zone, biologists of the Technological Institute of Banderas Bay and personnel from Ecobac, initiated activities at an early hour to find the whale, but the group swam evasively and erratically, which added to the weather conditions, made them take the decision of stopping the rescue.

"It is not always possible to have success, because we have to see how he is entangled, the behavior of the whale and we also have to consider the security of our people. If we find him, we will try to help him, but the whale can move in an area of 20 km2 per hour, this makes it difficult for us to find him", declared Astrid Frish.

It should be noted that the main recommendation for the attention of these cases is to avoid getting into the water, as there is a 50 percent probability of not coming out alive.

The experts hope that the animal could liberate itself during a fight with other males.

[readon1 url="http://www.prensaglobal.com/"]Source: Prensaglobal.com Translated by Rene Tripp[/readon1]