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WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 2001

An attempt by a team of federal scientists to save an endangered North Atlantic right whale trapped in a fishing line off the coast of Massachusetts failed on Tuesday.

The National Marine Fisheries Service said poor weather and visibility thwarted the rescue effort. Unless the whale is freed, it will die, say scientists.

There are about 300 known right whales in the world

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Attempt to free right whale from fishing line fails (AP 7/11)

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