Joe Howlett, a fisherman in 59 years that has helped save a great number of whales in danger after they are rolled up in the nets of fishermen died just after saving one of them.
Howlett, of Canada, joined a mission on Monday to rescue a north atlantic right whale that had become trapped between ropes, as published by the newspaper The Guardian. The fisherman was one of their liberators, but just after the man was hit by the animal, as confirmed by Macke Green, Campobello Whale Rescue Team. «They managed to remove all the ropes from the whale, and then something weird happened, and the whale turned around», as he told Canadian Press. Currently, there are about 525 examples of this type of whale that lives on the east coast of the united States and Canada and can measure up to 50 feet (about 16 meters).
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It was not the first time that the deceased was going on a mission like this. In fact, had already helped to free up approximately 20 of these animals during the past 15 years.
In fact, I had recently performed a similar operation in the same region, although in this case the animal had a fishing line in its mouth.
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When these animals were found entangled in nets or ropes, does not have a great capacity to move, said Jerry Conway, a director of the Campobello Whale Rescue Team. This is why a boat can hacercarse and rescuers can work with some ease. But as soon as the animal is free, the boat must move back immediately because the whales begin to move immediately.
«Joe, without a doubt, I would not want that we stop doing this,» said Green, who went with Howlett to the project to assist these mammals in 2002. «This is something that I loved and there’s no better feeling than having a whale unraveling, and I know how good that is felt after the release of this whale,» he added.
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In an interview published in 2013 by CBC Mainstreeet held that the rescue of whales «is not a situation that’s scary». «I am a fisherman and have been fishing half my life, and I know all about ropes and things like that,» he added.
The death of Howlett occurs after seven whales these whales died last month. A project with marine biologists and scientists, among others, has been launched to understand and to his death.
The spectacular images of the wildlife, 2016
The hand of a mother. Alain Mafart Renodier was on a winter visit to the park Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park of Japan when he took this photograph of a macaque japanese sleeping baby, his mother’s hand covering her head protectively. Photo: Alain Mafart Renodier / Wildlife photographer of the year 2016 | Univision
Sisters. Bernd Wasiolka found a large pride of lions next to a pond in the Park cross-Border Kgalagadi, south Africa. One of the two males marked in the branches of a nearby tree. Later, two females olfatearon brands and for a brief moment, it adopted the same posture. Photo: Bernd Wasiolka / Wildlife photographer of the year 2016 | Univision
Confusion. Rudi Hulshof wanted to capture the uncertainty facing the future of the southern white rhinoceros in a game Reserve, Welgevonden, south Africa, due to poaching. He anticipated the moment in which these two rhinos would be next to each other, creating this silhouette effect and the illusion of a rhino with two heads. Photo: Rudi Hulshof / Wildlife photographer of the year 2016 | Univision
Giving a ride. This osa polar resting with her two cubs in the National Park, Wapusk, Manitoba, Canada, when suddenly he got up and ran downhill through the deep snow. One of the cubs jumped over her, holding on with one bite, firm your butt, furry – behavior is totally unexpected and humorous. Photo: Daisy Gilardini / Wildlife photographer of the year 2016 | Univision
Roller caterpillar. Reinhold Schrank was at the lake Kerkini, Greece, photographing birds, but the conditions were not ideal, so we looked for other options. Saw this caterpillar on a flower and encouraged her to move to a piece of dry straw, rolled up. I had to work quick since the caterpillar was moving constantly. Photo: Reinhold Schrank / Wildlife photographer of the year 2016 | Univision
The look of death. Johan Kloppers saw this small wildebeest shortly after he was born in the Park cross-Border Kgalagadi, south Africa. Without knowing that it would also be a witness of his death later that same day. The small herd of wildebeest passed by a herd of lions, and the calf was caught by a lioness and then taken away by this male lion. Photo: Johan Kloppers / Wildlife photographer of the year 2016 | Univision
Contact visual. The dalmatian pelican, seen here at the lake Kerkini, Greece, is the largest species of pelican in the world. It is native to Eastern Europe, Russia and Asia. However, its population is currently threatened in some areas by hunting, water pollution and loss of habitat, particularly a reduction in the wetlands. Photo: Guy Edwardes / Wildlife photographer of the year 2016 | Univision
The couple. During a dive off the coast of Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia, Sergio Sarta saw a body of bright color – a fire urchin with a stylish pair of small shrimp of Coleman. The fire urchin has spikes that are very toxic to humans – the shrimp are protected from this danger by staying in small spaces between them. Photo: Sergio Sarta / Wildlife photographer of the year 2016 | Univision
Ball of monkeys. The cold temperatures on the island of Shodoshima, Japan, sometimes lead to the monkeys to clump together in what is called a ball of the monkeys, where a group of five or more snow monkeys huddle to conserve heat. Thomas Kokta climbed up a tree to get this picture. Photo: Thomas Kokta / Wildlife photographer of the year 2016 | Univision
Head. Tapio Kaisla traveled to the National Park Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjell, Norway, to find these oxen in their natural habitat. Despite the fact that the spring is not marriage period for these animals, as they were testing seriously their strength to each other. The air resounded with the strong blow of the head-on collision. Photo: Tapio Kaisla / Wildlife photographer of the year 2016 | Univision
The confrontation. It was breeding season and all of the turkeys males were putting on a show for the females, but some birds seemed to be a little confused. This was more concerned by the potential suitor in front of him, without realizing that it was his own reflection. Photo: Michael Lambie / Wildlife photographer of the year 2016 | Univision
Blue trail. This kingfisher frequented the same natural pond all day, and Mario Cea utiizó a high shutter speed in artificial light to photograph it. He used several flash units to illuminate the kingfisher and a continuous light to capture the wake as the bird zambullía towards the water. Photo: Mario Cea / Wildlife photographer of the year 2016 | Univision
Entering in the night. During the summer months, 20 million mexican free tailed bats come to the Cave Bracken in San Antonio, Texas, united States, to give birth and raise their young. Each night the turn down the sun, mothers with hungry emerge in the evening in a vortex, circling through the entrance and rising into the sky to feed on insects. Photo: Karine Aigner / Wildlife photographer of the year 2016 | Univision
Breakfast time. Shortly after purchasing the Mansion of giraffes in Nairobi, Kenya, the owners learned that the unique Rothschild’s giraffe remaining in the country were at risk, as its only habitat in law was divided into small farms. So they started a breeding program to reintroduce the giraffe Rothschild in nature. Today, guests can enjoy the visit of giraffes residents in search of on a whim.
Photo: Cari Hill / Wildlife photographer of the year 2016 | Univision
Spiral. Sabella spallanzanii is a species of poliqueto marino, also known as worm bristles. The worm secretes a mucus that hardens to form a rigid tube and sand that juts out from the sand. It has two layers of tentacles of power that can be retracted into the tube, and one of the layers forms a spiral characteristic. Photo: Marco Gargiulo / Wildlife photographer of the year 2016 | Univision
Facing the storm. Gunther Riehle came to the sea ice in the Antarctic under the sun, but as evening fell, it began a storm and then there was snow. Focused on taking pictures of the chicks of emperor penguins huddled together to protect themselves. Photo: Gunther Riehle / Wildlife photographer of the year 2016 | Univision
Willow close. David Maitland photographed salicin chemical crystallized, which comes from the bark of willow trees. Salicin is the basis of the aspirin-analgesic – without a doubt, that is why some animals are looking for willow bark to chew on. Photo: David Maitland / Wildlife photographer of the year 2016 | Univision
Geese balncos ghostly. These snow-white geese almost seemed to be ghosts in the pink light of the early morning when they landed among the sandhill cranes in the Forest of the National Wildlife Refuge Apache, New Mexico, USA. Photo: Gordon Illg / Wildlife photographer of the year 2016 | Univision
Medusa starry. Andrea Marshall was diving off the coast of Mozambique when he met with hundreds of jellyfish huge. Many were covered with star found – opportunistic, taking advantage of this transport system to disperse along the coast. The soft lighting makes the jellyfish shine, so the viewer can focus on the subtle colors and textures. Photo: Ally McDowell / Wildlife photographer of the year 2016 | Univision
Focus on the eye. Ally McDowell is often focused on the colors and patterns under the water – and this is the eye of a parrot fish during a night dive. Photo: Ally McDowell / Wildlife photographer of the year 2016 | Univision
Delicately tasty. The natural world provides countless magical moments, none more so than the delicate moment in which a hummingbird is a small and elegant gently inserted his slender beak into the corolla of a flower to drink nectar. Cristobal Serrano was lucky enough to capture that exact moment in the National Park Los Quetzales, Costa Rica. Photo: Cristobal Serrano / Wildlife photographer of the year 2016 | Univision
Colorado red. It was a clear day and crisp January when Annie Katz saw this red fox of Colorado to hunt in the field of his neighbor in Aspen, Colorado, united States. The light was perfect, and took the shot as the fox approached her, looking directly into the lens of your camera. Photo: Annie Katz / Wildlife photographer of the year 2016 | Univision
To the combat. Stephen Belcher spent a week photographing a group of langur flat gold in a valley in the nature reserve of Zhouzhi in the mountains of Qinling, China. The monkeys have very thick hair, that need to withstand the frosty nights of winter. This picture shows two males about to fight, one already on a rock, the other with a young male. Photo: Stephen Belcher / Wildlife photographer of the year 2016 | Univision
Coco opportunistic. Although this photo was taken from a secure site, Bence Mate said that it was creepy to see the eye-killers this the Nile crocodile is 13 feet (4m). This had been primed with corpses natural in an island game Reserve Private Zimanga, south Africa, but crocodiles also come here to simply enjoy the sun. Photo: Bence Máté / Wildlife photographer of the year 2016 | Univision
Wings of rainbow. The wing of the bird acts as a diffraction grating – a surface structure with a repeating pattern of ridges or indentations. The structure makes the light rays incoming to disperse, bend and split into spectral colours, producing the effect of rainbow bright. Photo: Victor Tyakht / Wildlife photographer of the year 2016 | Univision
