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About 240 pilot whales beached themselves in the northwest of Chatham Island, just 3 days before 240 whales beached themselves at nearby Pitt Island. [43] Chatham Island, New Zealand: 230 195 35 2022 About 230 pilot whales beached themselves on the west coast of Tasmania, exactly two years to the day of another mass stranding in the same area. [44]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Marine experts have given up hope of rescuing more than 150 false killer whales that stranded on a remote beach on Australia’s island state of Tasmania, officials ...
More than 150 whales were stranded in a remote area off the coast of the Australian state of Tasmania. - Marine Conservation Program More than 150 whales are stranded off the coast of Tasmania ...
In September 2020, more than 450 long-finned pilot whales stranded in Macquarie Harbour on the western coast of Tasmania, in Australia's worst-ever stranding event. Most were stranded on sandbanks and beaches around the mouth of the harbour. 50 were rescued, with the balance, 380 whales, dying. [5] [6]
A dramatic operation to save the lives of more than 100 pilot whales ended in partial success on Thursday after wildlife officials managed to return most of the stranded animals to sea.
Volunteers worked frantically on a second day Wednesday to save dozens of pilot whales that have stranded themselves on a beach in Western Australia, but more than 50 have already died. Nearly 100 ...
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the whale, measuring about 44 feet in length and weighing up to 70,000 pounds, was stranded on a sandbar off Venice Beach.
Long Strand, Castlefreke, Cork 1 1 0 10 m male found decomposed. [77] 2004 June 16 Australia Ocean Beach and Macquarie Harbour, Strahan, Tasmania 5 4 1 Four sperm whales found dead on Ocean Beach. Another, thought to be from same pod, was rescued after becoming stranded in Macquarie Harbour at Strahan. [78] 2003 November 30 Australia