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Fishermen get skills to free animals caught in nets

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Brian Shar, the director of marine mammal rescue at IWC's Global Whale Entanglements Response Network, with fishermen during the training. [Amos Kiarie, Standard]

Fishermen from Mombasa County are undergoing training on ways to safely disentangle marine giants like whales and dolphins caught in their nets while fishing.

The training by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) is in response to the growing number of encounters between local fishermen and whales.

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