The full-size adult whale was first spotted a week earlier with approximately 200 metres of rope and fishing buoys wrapped around it.
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In a multi-agency operation, rescuers were able to free the animal of 800kg ropes and buoys. However, because of how the rope was wrapped around the whale and safety concerns for rescuers, the crew were not able to disentangle all of the rope. Ellen Dwyer, an incident controller in the rescue team, says they are ‘pleased’ they have been able to ‘successfully remove a significant amount of weight and rope from the whale’
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