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To keep whales safe, Coast Guard launches boat alert system in Seattle

Feb. 21, 2024 21:41 PM EST

SEATTLE (AP) — Photographer Matt McDonald had lived on Puget Sound for years, but had never seen a whale, so he was elated when he spotted a giant marine mammal just off Seattle's waterfront one evening. The excitement was short-lived. As McDonald tracked the whale in his camera's...