Whales May be Back at Sea

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Two lost whales last spotted near the Golden Gate Bridge may have slipped back into the Pacific Ocean after a two-week sojourn that took them 90 miles inland up the Sacramento River, scientists said Wednesday.

Rescuers launched several boats Wednesday morning in an effort to find the mother humpback and her calf but hadn’t found them, said Bernadette Fees, deputy director of the California Department of Fish and Game.

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