Stranded humpback whale rescued in Argentina

Associated Press
 Updated 5:32 pm CDT, Monday, October 1, 2018

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Authorities say a humpback whale stranded on Argentina's coast has been sent back to the ocean safely after a round-the-clock rescue effort over the weekend.

Dozens of people worked for 28 hours digging around the seven-ton whale using heavy machinery.

The whale swam aground Saturday in the resort town of Mar del Tuyu, about 330 kilometers south (200 miles) south of Buenos Aires.

The first efforts using a crane to bet the whale back into the sea failed.

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Crane, tugboat and 30 volunteers finally rescue stranded humpback whale
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Not even a crane with a special harness could help free a stranded humpback whale on an Argentinian beach, but rescuers did manage to return the animal to the ocean after a mammoth 28-hour rescue operation.

The seven-tonne marine mammal was stranded on a beach in Mar del Tuyu, 350 kilometres south-east of Buenos Aires.

A joint effort between teams from Argentina's Mundo Marino aquarium, the country's coast guard, life guards, boy scouts and volunteers eventually saw the whale returned to the Atlantic Ocean after more than a full day of hard labour.

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-02/stranded-whale-returns-to-sea-after-two-day-operation/10327802