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Surfers warned not to attempt whale rescues after Gold Coast shark net traps animal

Animal rescue teams are warning against releases of whales caught in shark nets, after surfers went to the aid of a trapped animal on the Gold Coast on Monday morning.

Sea World and the Department of Fisheries were called to a whale entangled in a shark net off Currumbin just before 6am.

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