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10 May 2021

Injured whale stranded in River Thames put down

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The young minke whale which got stranded in the River Thames, almost 100 miles from home, has now been put down by a vet.

Rescue crews managed to free the injured animal from a lock near Richmond in south west London last night, but it managed to swim away.