Australia says majority of 470-strong beached whale pod has died
Sydney, AustraliaReuters The majority of a 470-strong pod of pilot whales found stranded off Australia’s remote southern coast has died, officials said on Wednesday, as rescuers struggled in freezing waters and fading light to free those still alive. The group, which is the biggest beaching in the country’s modern history, were first spotted a wide […]
Australia counts record 470 stranded whales as rescue continues
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Rescuers trying to free a pod of whales beached off the Australian island of Tasmania said on Wednesday they had found another 200 stranded mammals, bringing the total to 470 and making it one of the country’s biggest beachings. As a rescue effort began its third day off the southern island’s rugged west […]
Around 270 whales stranded on sandbar off Australia’s Tasmania
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Marine biologists were planning the rescue of around 270 whales stranded on a sandbar off the remote west coast of the Australian island of Tasmania on Monday. Government scientists said it appeared that at least 25 of the animals, believed to be pilot whales, had already died. Pilot whales are a species of […]