New Zealand whale freed from fishing net in particularly dangerous multi-day operation

The nine-metre southern right whale, or tohor in Mori, is the first of the species to have been recorded entangled in New Zealand watersA whale that became entangled in a large fishing net and was dragging four buoys and 100 metres of rope behind its tail has been cut free after a complex multi-day rescue operation off the southern coast of New Zealand.The nine-metre-long southern right whale, or tohor in Mori, was first spotted by fishers on Saturday morning near the countrys southern island, R...