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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