
PORTLAND, Maine — Workers at Portland Yacht Services on the Fore River in Portland used a boat lifting device to haul a dead whale out of the water on Thursday afternoon around 3:30 p.m.
Portland Harbor Master Kevin Battle said the animal appeared to have fishing gear wrapped around its tail. Battle said he believes it was a humpback whale and that the Maine Marine Patrol towed it from somewhere around Richmond Island, off the coast of Cape Elizabeth.
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