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Teddington RNLI were ‘paged’ by London Coastguard at 10:02 on Monday 10th May 2021. Only the day before our colleagues at Chiswick RNLI had been involved in the attempted rescue at Richmond Half Lock. The story captured the imagination of the public. All our crew at Teddington RNLI had been following the story. The sheer strength of the whale enabled it to escape and swim away from the initial rescue. The whale was next spotted at Teddington Weir by a member of the public who rang one of the Teddington RNLI crew. After Teddington RNLI notified the London Coastguard at 10:02 on Monday 10th May 2021, the pagers went and Teddington RNLI crew were called into action.
Teddington RNLI were ‘paged’ by London Coastguard at 10:02 on Monday 10th May 2021. Only the day before our colleagues at Chiswick RNLI had been involved in the attempted rescue at Richmond Half Lock. The story captured the imagination of the public. All our crew at Teddington RNLI had been following the story. The sheer strength of the whale enabled it to escape and swim away from the initial rescue. The whale was next spotted at Teddington Weir by a member of the public who rang one of the Teddington RNLI crew. After Teddington RNLI notified the London Coastguard at 10:02 on Monday 10th May 2021, the pagers went and Teddington RNLI crew were called into action.
Teddington RNLI were ‘paged’ by London Coastguard at 10:02 on Monday 10th May 2021. Only the day before our colleagues at Chiswick RNLI had been involved in the attempted rescue at Richmond Half Lock. The story captured the imagination of the public. All our crew at Teddington RNLI had been following the story. The sheer strength of the whale enabled it to escape and swim away from the initial rescue. The whale was next spotted at Teddington Weir by a member of the public who rang one of the Teddington RNLI crew. After Teddington RNLI notified the London Coastguard at 10:02 on Monday 10th May 2021, the pagers went and Teddington RNLI crew were called into action.
River Thames whale was malnourished, post-mortem tests show
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image captionThe whale was loaded on to the back of a truck at Teddington lifeboat station and taken to Whipsnade Zoo
A juvenile minke whale that had to be put down after becoming stranded in the River Thames had starved over a few days , vets have found.
The one-tonne whale was rescued after getting stuck in Richmond Lock, but escaped and was later found beached against a river wall in Teddington.
It was put down after vets found its condition was rapidly deteriorating .
Full results of the post-mortem tests carried out on the female minke are not expected for a few weeks.