Sequim: Orca rescued from Dungeness Bay sandbar

Published 12:01 am Thursday, January 3, 2002

SEQUIM — Rescuers freed a killer whale from a Dungeness Bay sandbar Wednesday afternoon but were too late to save a second whale found dead.

Officials will perform a necropsy today on the carcass of the female killer whale that died near Dungeness Bay.

Workers were expected to mobilize today at daybreak to move the carcass to a location where scientists can determine what killed the marine mammal.

Officials also plan to monitor the status of the male killer whale rescuers freed shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday.

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