Rescuers rush to help whale stranded in Scottish loch
by Libby Brooks Scotland correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#466FD)
Animal, thought to be a sperm whale, believed to have become caught in rope in Loch Eriboll
Rescuers are on their way to a loch in the far north of Scotland to help a whale thought to have become ensnared in rope.
The nine-metre (30ft) animal, believed to be a juvenile sperm whale, has become stranded in Loch Eriboll, a 10-mile-long (16km) sea loch on the north coast of Scotland, close to the village of Durness.
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