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Attempts to rescue whale stuck in River Thames fail

A young minke whale that became stranded in the River Thames has been put down.

A vet from London Zoo has euthanised the whale after it became ‘very distressed’ and was seen trapped against the riverbank near Teddington in the southwest of the capital.

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