A young humpback whale that washed ashore Saturday in Oregon had to be euthanized after two days of rescue efforts.

The whale, a roughly 1 to 2-year-old humpback, had surfaced near San Marine entangled in crabbing gear, witnesses and local officials told NBC affiliate KMTR in Eugene. Officials hoped Monday’s high tide would help the 26-foot juvenile whale, estimated to weigh between 30,000 and 40,000 pounds, propel itself back out to sea.

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When the whale remained stranded after the tide came in, and after being beached for 45 hours, it was humanely euthanized, according to a social media post by Discovering Depoe Bay Oregon .

“If love alone could have lifted this whale back into the sea, it would have,” the orga

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