The tangled whale off the coast of New South Wales. (ORRCA via SWNS)
By Dean Murray
Wildlife rescue teams are desperately trying to find a humpback whale tangled in rope.
The mammal was spotted trailing a rope attached to a floating buoy off the coast of New South Wales.
(ORRCA via SWNS)
Jessica Fox, of ORRCA (Organization for Rescue & Research of Cetaceans in Australia), said Monday, June 9: "We currently have ORRCA member ready to head out to resume the search for this entangled whale on the South Coast on New South Wales, along the East Coast of Australia.
"We hope for early sightings to allow best chance of a disengagement attempt tomorrow, on Tuesday, if conditions allow."
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