{"id":592,"date":"2011-07-07T06:00:27","date_gmt":"2011-07-07T10:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/goodnews\/?p=592"},"modified":"2011-07-06T22:43:29","modified_gmt":"2011-07-07T02:43:29","slug":"boaters-detangle-humpback-whale-saving-its-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/goodnews\/2011\/07\/boaters-detangle-humpback-whale-saving-its-life.html","title":{"rendered":"Boaters Detangle Humpback Whale Saving its Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffff00;\"><strong>PLEASE hit the &#8220;Like&#8221; button above to share the Good News and add\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/goodnews\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/goodnews<\/a> to your favorites. New stories every day!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Humpback Whale\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodnewsnetwork.org\/images\/stories\/animals\/humpback-whale-tail-Great-Whale-Conservancy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"333\" \/>Michael Fishbach and his colleagues were recently on a small boat when they encountered a humpback whale entangled in a fishing net and on the verge of death.<\/p>\n<p>Fishbach and Gershon Cohen founded The Great Whale Conservancy to help and protect whales, but never before had they been able to directly save one themselves.<\/p>\n<p>With just a small knife and little time, the three men took over an hour to untangle the complex web of nylon netting. 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