'It's like trying to do a root canal on someone who's running': Moira Brown describes a right whale rescue

CBC Radio | Posted: August 19, 2016 3:53 PM | Last Updated: August 19, 2016

Image | Whale rescue, Bay of Fundy

Caption: Moira Brown, senior scientist for the Canadian Whale Institute on Campobello Island, had never seen a whale so entangled before. (International Fund for Animal Welfare)

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This week, the Campobello Whale Rescue Team freed an endangered right whale from one of the worst entanglements they have ever seen.

Canadian Whale Institute senior scientist Moira Brown, who is a member of the Whale Rescue Team on Campobello Island off the coast of New Brunswick, said the rescue mission was like "trying to do a root canal on someone who's running."

Right whales are endangered—there are only about 500 left in the world—so it was crucial to save the six-year-old male trapped in the fishing lines.

Moira recounts the experience to Candy and highlights the importance of protecting endangered species like the right whale.

'It's like trying to do a root canal on someone who's running': Moira Brown describes a right whale rescue

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