AR-News: (AU) Stranded whale freed

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Herald Sun
19jun04

RESCUERS have freed a whale which has been trapped inside a harbour on 
Tasmania's west coast since Tuesday.

Spokesman for the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment 
Warwick Brennan said improved weather conditions helped rescuers liberate the 
30-tonne sperm whale, stuck on a sandbar in the Macquarie Harbour, at Stranhan. 
A change in direction of a strong inward wind helped rescuers free the whale 
from the sandbar and allow it to swim into deeper water about 9.30am (AEST), 
Mr Brennan said. 
Rescuers in boats then shepherded the whale through the narrow head of the 
harbour and into open waters, he said. 
The 14-metre adult male became stranded on the sand bar on Tuesday, while 
four other dead sperm whales believed to be from the same pod were later 
discovered on nearby Ocean Beach. 


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