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A dead fin whale that washed up about a mile north of the U.S.-Mexico Border near Border Field State Park this weekend is believed to be the same whale that was towed from the Point Loma shoreline last week.
Experts with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) believe it is the same whale because of the whale’s measurements and amount of decay.
The whale initially washed ashore near Point Loma last Monday. Officials dragged it back out to sea on Wednesday, but about 14 miles off the coast, the rope snapped. Although they intended to take the whale further out to sea, after the rope snapped, they believed 14 miles would suffice.
But come Saturday, the whale returned.
Officials are now considering four options: leave it, tow it back out to sea, bury it on the beach or cut it up and haul it to a landfill.
Agencies/Canadajournal
