Tuesday December 7, 2021
The Independent —
Wildlife authorities in Georgia have said a whale that was trapped in fishing nets for more than a year has been spotted offshore.
Snow Cone, as the whale has been named by Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR), was seen off the coast of Georgia’s Cumberland Island on 2 December.
The whale, which was first spotted and identified in March 2021, was at the centre of a number of failed attempts at removing fishing nets it was entrapped by.
However, according to Georgia DNR’s wildlife division, Snow Cone now has a few ropes around it and was “not entrapped”.
She was also seen with a new calf, almost 18 months after she lost her firstborn as a result of being hit by two vessels, authorities said.