ANIMALS
Salvadorans race to rescue mother whale and baby tangled in net
14:06 March 13, 2018 Reuters
Two trapped whales were freed from a fishing net in the high sea after a massive effort by El Salvador authorities, the country's Environment and Natural Resources (MARN) Minister Linda Pohl said. According to Pohl, a fisherman alerted authorities that a mother whale and her offspring were trapped in a net off the northwestern shore of the Central American country. Members of the Coast Guard and the Navy responded to the area near Los Cobanos, located the mammals and were able to free the baby calf immediately.