Then others suggeeded in getting the funds back in. Whether the funding survives the House vote is anyone s guess. The New England Aquarium and others have approached Senator John F. Kerry of Massachusetts to introduce the measure. Write to him or your own Senators to provide your views on right whale funding.
Time is of the essence.
At death, the rope had worked itself three inches into the bone of the whale. It is not known whether the death was caused by the gear entanglement or whether it was just a contributing factor. There have been several other reports of dead whales, including a possible submarine strike with a whale and two dead whales floating off Cape Hatteras. The identity of these whales have not been determined. Some highlights of the meeting follow.