{
  "id": 12082790,
  "title": "Authorities issue shark warning over whale that swam 11km upstream in Clarence River and later died",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/authorities-issue-shark-warning-over-whale-that-swam-11km-upstream-in-12082790",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-05T05:02:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/05/nsw-shark-warning-whale-death-clarence-river"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The juvenile humpback was spotted near Bundjalung National Park in what experts say is a rare, but not unprecedented event While the case of a whale found 11km upstream in a New South Wales river this weekend was unusual, it was not unprecedented, experts say. The juvenile humpback, which swam into the Clarence River on the state’s mid-north coast and later died, was towed out to sea on Sunday,…",
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        "outlet": "The Guardian Australia",
        "title": "Authorities issue shark warning over whale that swam 11km upstream in Clarence River and later died",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/authorities-issue-shark-warning-over-whale-that-swam-11km-upstream-in",
        "published": "2026-10-05T05:02:07.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}