By Sue Russell In early February, a chronically entangled female North Atlantic right whale calf died in lobster trap-pot lines near Martha’s Vineyard. Authorities said that she had suffered “for a prolonged period of time. ” Later in February, another female was found off the Georgia coast. The gentle North Atlantic right whale is so near extinction it cannot spare one death per year. Since December, five of the whales have been found dead. Scientists warn that the whale will be functionally extinct by 2035. The chief causes of death for the right whales are the usual suspects: entanglement i…