A humpback whale was successfully freed from fishing gear following a complex two-day rescue effort that concluded on Thursday, May 23, off Rottnest Island, Western Australia.Melissa Evans, a manager with the Department of Biodiversity in Western Australia, said that after an initial failed attempt to cut the lines, overnight tracking of the satellite-tagged whale allowed the crew to try again the next morning.“With this animal it was quite a complicated entanglement. The line was wrapped around one of the pectoral fins. It also went through the whale’s mouth, and then around the body. So it was quite a challenge to cut the right lines at the right time to free that animal,” Evans said. Credit: Parks and Wildlife Service, Western Australia via Storyful