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  "id": 16152558,
  "title": "Decomposing whale near Sydney’s Coogee beach should be towed out to sea, Indigenous rangers say",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/decomposing-whale-near-sydneys-coogee-beach-should-be-towed-out-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T04:09:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian Australia",
    "slug": "the-guardian-australia",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/oct/23/decomposing-whale-near-sydneys-coogee-beach-should-be-towed-out-to-sea-indigenous-rangers-say"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The juvenile humpback carcass is wedged between rocks and attracting sharks, but is too decayed to be moved for burial Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast A First Nations ranger group says a whale carcass that closed two of Sydney’s most popular beaches after washing up this week should be towed out to allow it to decompose in the ocean. Coogee beach reopened on Friday…",
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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."
}