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Beloved Humpback Pop Tart Freed After Spending 1 Week Caught in Fishing Gear in Salish Sea
A drone confirmed the whale was free after crews from multiple whale-watching companies tracked her for nearly a week.
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Greater Victoria whale watchers rally to help tangled humpback ‘Pop Tart’
When a humpback whale named Pop Tart found itself in a tangle, Greater Victoria’s whale watching community sprang into action. Identified as the 2016 calf of famed Salish Sea humpback whale Big Mama, Pop Tart spent nearly a week entangled in fishing gear, described as a buoy with a rope more than 30 metres long. The Pacific Whale Watch Association (PWWA) has praised the collaboration between Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) Marine Mammal Respon…
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Total News Sources5
Leaning Left3Leaning Right0Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution60% Left
Bias Distribution
- 60% of the sources lean Left
60% Left
L 60%
C 40%
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