Mystic Aquarium team aids efforts to free dead whale in RI
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A dead minke whale was found entangled in gear off the Rhode Island coast this week. Mystic Aquarium crews helped free the carcass.Contributed photo / National Marine Fishery Service
STONINGTON A team from the Mystic Aquarium’s Animal Rescue Program was dispatched to Rhode Island this week to respond to help efforts to free a dead whale that was entangled off of the coast, the aquarium said Tuesday.
The carcass of a dead minke whale was first reported off the coast near Point Judith, R.I. Monday, according to a news release.