Officials search for gray whale seen trapped in fishing net off Bay Area coast
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Obstacles are mounting for California wildlife officials who are attempting to track down and rescue a young gray whale that was first discovered entangled in a gillnet off Laguna Beach in late March and was most recently sighted off the coast of Thornton State Beach in Daly City with a dense clump of the mesh still wrapped around its flukes. Now, experts fear for the whale's ability to survive, especially as its species experiences significant population declines and recently suffered from an...

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