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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank
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To: Lane3 who wrote (55207)8/24/2002 6:24:57 PM
From: J. C. Dithers  Read Replies (1) of 82486
 
Recently, One of the small whale-watching boats out of our own port ran into government red tape when attempting to save a young whale entwined in fishing lines. The whale swam right over to the boat which is probably a familiar sight to them. The crew worked feverishly to cut away a substantial amount of the lines wrapped around one of the fins. The tourists on board gave them a big round of applause (and hopefully a big tip!).

However, the Federal fisheries officials saw it differently, and charged the crew with violating statutes which require that no one touch a whale, and that they should have called in the proper authorities (and probably filled out the proper forms).

So far the whale has not been heard from, but I suppose lawyers would like to contact it to represent it in a lawsuit for harassment.
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