In this Monday, Feb. 17, 2014 photo released by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, members of the Georgia DNR and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission throw a custom-made "cutting grapple" in an effort to sever the long strand of fishing rope being dragged by an endangered right whale off the Georgia coast. Seconds later the heavy rope parted and the whale swam away unencumbered. (AP Photo/Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission via Georgia Department of Natural Resources)
