Joe Howlett, co-founder of the Campobello Whale Rescue Team, was killed in an operation to free a trapped whale off the coast of New Brunswick on July 12. (Video: International Fund for Animal ...

Despite the mysterious whale deaths, the department had recently cheered the successful rescue of a North Atlantic right whale July 5. Howlett had been part of that operation.

The whale rescue worker, who was a lobster fisherman by trade, was a well-known and well-respected figure on Campobello Island, where condolences poured in following the news of his death. Mayor ...

CAMPOBELLO ISLAND, New Brunswick — A fisherman known for rescuing whales tangled in fishing lines and nets was killed Monday, moments after freeing an endangered right whale, the Canadian Pre… ...

The Campobello Whale Rescue Team planned to attempt to disentangle the whale on Sunday, CTV reported. Several right whales have been found dead off the coast of Canada this year. On Friday, the ...

On Friday, Oct. 30, the whale crossed the Hague Line, into Canadian waters. The Campobello Whale Rescue Team in the Bay of Fundy was alerted and they are prepared to respond.

The whale watching captain of 25 years knows what the boat is looking for, and it worries him. It’s early in March, and dozens of humpbacks and their newborn calves rest just below the surface ...

Canadian lobster fisherman and whale rescuer Joe Howlett was killed by a North Atlantic right whale after freeing it from a net. Howlett, who co-founded the Campobello Whale Rescue Team more than ...

Joe Howlett is being remembered as an "irreplaceable member of the whale rescue community" by the Canadian government. Howlett, 59, was killed Monday trying to disentangle a North Atlantic Right ...