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Tue 06 Jun 200944 beached whales put down in Cape Town
FORTY-FOUR whales were put down on a beach near Cape Town at the weekend after bad weather thwarted attempts by city officials and volunteers to get them back out to sea.
The decision by the environmental affairs department to shoot the adults and calves on Saturday and Sunday came in for heavy public criticism locally, despite assurances from wildlife groups there was little else that could reasonably be done under the circumstances.
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