Tangled humpback whale sparks rescue mission off Australia


This handout frame grab taken from video footage provided by whale rescue group Organisation for the Rescue and Research of Cetaceans in Australia on June 9, 2025 shows a distressed humpback whale tangled in a rope swimming south of Sydney Harbour. - AFP

SYDNEY: Wildlife rescue teams scoured Australia's east coast on Monday (June 9) to find and free a distressed humpback whale tangled in a rope.

Aerial footage showed the whale swimming south of Sydney Harbour trailing a rope attached to a floating buoy.

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