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WATCH: Police rescue whale trapped in fishing wire near Ocean City

Whale rescue
Posted at 4:07 PM, Oct 29, 2019
and last updated 2019-10-30 09:09:02-04

BALTIMORE — Maryland Natural Resources Police released a video on Tuesday, showing officers rescuing a whale that had been trapped and tangled up in fishing gear.

It happened last week about 15 miles outside of Ocean City.

The officers saw two buoys and a fishing line wrapped around the whale's tail.

In the video, the officers are seen cutting the line and freeing the whale, allowing it to swim away.