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Members from the FWC and Collier Sheriff's Office, above, work to rescue a pilot whale calf stranded on a Collier County beach Monday. The animal will be humanely euthanized, the FWC said.
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An attempt to rescue a nine-and-a-half-foot-long stranded pilot whale calf along the beaches of Pelican Bay on Monday was not successful and plans have been made to euthanize the aquatic mammal.

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