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Over time foster says he got more and more uncomfortable with ripping wild killer whales from their families in the sea. >> there's a cry almost like a baby's cry. and it -- so yeah, it tugged at your heart. >> reporter: over the last 20 years foster has gone from being a hunter to a rescuer of marine mammals. >> hi, thomas. >> reporter: we first met foster two years ago in turkey when he led a back to the wild project that rehabilitated two abused dolphins and released them into the aegean sea. he has worked on shar rescue projects with the killer whale springer that was found lost and disori...

The humpback is alive, but unable to move. >> i could see that this whale was horribly, horribly entangled. just like in a straight jacket. 19 years on the water i've never seen anything like this. you have to make a decision. are you going to try to intervene yourself? physically intervening, certainly, carries a risk. >> fishbach and the group can't turn their backs on the animal. they radio the mexican authorities but know it could take hours if not days for someone to arrive, and by then it could be too late. fishbach takes a quick dip in the water to assess the situation under the surface...

Were quite small and quite young, so they fit in there quite nicely, but they were immobile for the most part. >> it didn't feel good. it just didn't. and it -- it was just wrong. >> we started having difficulty getting them all into this one small steel box, to be honest. that's what it was. it was a floating steel box. >> that's where food deprivation would come in. we would hold back food and they would know if they went in the module they would get their food. so if they were hungry enough they're going to go in there. >> during the winter, that would be 5:00 at night until 7:00 in the mor...

Next to its mother. but newborns can weigh 900 kilos. >> awesome footage there. it doesn't take long for the mother to give birth once she's due. and the next few months, thousands of whales will be born. whale watching season runs until november. very special experience if you can be out there on the water and see the majestic creatures. >> and the aerial shots are extraordinary. when we come back, more on the middle east. find out how average israelis feel about the military operation in gaza. stay with us.

Week could fetch half a million dollars from a marine park or aquarium. in america, it's illegal to import animals sourced from drive hunts. seaworld told us today they stopped acquiring such dolphins in 1993. but there's still plenty of demand from outside the u.s. seth doane, cbs news, tokyo. >> dubois: super bowl 48 is set. the denver broncos and seattle sea hawks will meet in new jersey to battle for the n.f.l. title in just under two weeks. seattle's appearance was decided in the final seconds of last night's game against san francisco in a game-saving deflection by the corner back, richa...