A female whale and her calf got caught in low tide in Cofresi Beach in Puerto Plata and had to be rescued by a Ministry of Environment brigade and experts from the Ocean World Marine Park. Expert divers released the 4.5 meter-long mother and her 2.5-meter calf back to sea on Wednesday 1 October 2014.
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