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"The Death of JFK Jr." on TLC; Dolphin found dead; PCCS saves another whale

Endangered Humpback freed by Ptown group off Canadian coast

An experienced team of whale researchers from the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies (PCCS) and the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale Sanctuary disentangled an endangered humpback whale yesterday afternoon in Grand Manan Banks, 25 nautical miles west of Brier Island, Nova Scotia. 

The humpback whale was towing a series of buoys and rope from its mouth when it was spotted by researchers aboard the PCCS R/V Shearwater as they were surveying humpback whale feeding areas.   Researchers immediately reported the entanglement to the disentanglement hotline and contacted the Canadian Department of Fish and Oceans (DFO), which gave the experienced team the green light to attempt the rescue operation. 

The team cut two lines from one side of the mouth and attached additional buoys to the line exiting the other side its mouth.  The buoys helped pull the rope free when the whale made a series of dives. All of the gear including over 600-ft of rope, was documented and recovered, and will be transferred to authorities for analysis.

The whale, a mature male known to researchers as Sigma, was freed after two hours of effort from the crew consisting of PCCS’s Jooke Robbins, Omar Reynoso, Joel Barkin, Lisa Sette, and David Mattila of Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. 
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One dolphin found dead, another in danger of beaching
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BOSTON -- Experts are trying to figure out why a young female dolphin got stranded on the beach and died in Fairhaven.  A second dolphin, an adult, spent the day swimming near the carcass that was discovered today (Friday) on the South Shore.

Charles Harry of the Cape Cod Stranding Network says the region does not have a permanent dolphin population, and it is likely that the two were passing through... WHDH-TV.
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Documentary on the Death of John F. Kennedy Jr. to air on the TLC channel

The Learning Channel (TLC) premiered "The Death of JFK Jr".  The show recounted the plane crash that took the life of President John Kennedy's son on July 16, 1999 off of Hyannis Port.  The documentary featured expert and family accounts of that fateful night.

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