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Baby whale rescue may be too dangerous
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THE search will be on again tomorrow for an entangled baby whale after rescue attempts were called off this evening because of worsening weather and an "aggressive mother''.
Luke McSweeney from National Parks and Wildlife Services' specialist disentanglement team said they decided to call the rescue attempt off because it was: "late in the day, the end of daylight and (there is) a very agressive mother who is showing lots of signs of aggression''
"You don't want to get anywhere between a 40 tonne mother and its calf, it could cause a fatality,'' he said.
A helicopter will go up tomorrow to search for the baby last seen north of Long Reef.
The baby whale was first reported entangled in nylon rope off Middle Head about midday today, according to NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service.
The calf is understood be a few months old. It was accompanied by an adult whale thought to be its mother.
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