Wally the dead whale towed out to sea once again
Posted July 13, 2016 7:00 am
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) - A dead whale that keeps returning to the Southern California coast has been towed out to sea - again.
The 45-foot-long humpback called Wally was hauled away Wednesday after drifting near Dana Point in Orange County. A Harbor Patrol boat towed it 10 miles out to sea in a 3ˆ½-hour operation.
Wally - actually, a female - was first towed after washing up on Dockweiler State Beach in Los Angeles County before the Fourth of July weekend.
The decaying carcass was towed again a week later when it drifted toward San Pedro.
Wally was spotted near Newport Beach on Sunday and was towed out a third time but drifted back on Monday and had to be removed again.
Currents have been pushing the carcass south.
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