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Outlook grim for abandoned baby whale
A hungry and abandoned humpback whale calf that has been trying to suckle from boats in the waters off north Sydney rebuffed fresh attempts by wildlife workers to return it to the open ocean today and appeared to be weakening.
The 1- to 2-month-old calf was first sighted Sunday in waters off north Sydney, and on Monday tried to suckle from a yacht, which it would not leave. Rescuers towed the boat out to sea Monday and the calf finally detached from it — but the creature returned to an inlet near Sydney on Tuesday.
A second attempt to lure the whale out to sea today also failed, with the calf refusing to follow the wildlife officials’ boat, a spokeswoman for the Department of Environment and Climate Change said.
Unless the whale finds a lactating female to accept it, it will die — probably within days, said the spokeswoman, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
— Associated Press
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