Over 200 whales stranded in Australia
More than 200 whales have been found stranded on a remote beach on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia.
Half of the pod, thought to be pilot whales, are believed to be still alive. Rescuers are being sent to the area.
It’s unclear what caused the whales to beach on a sandflat at the entrance to Macquarie Harbour, the same remote location where Australia’s worst stranding occurred two years ago.
It comes a day after a separate mass stranding in northern Tasmania.The incident on Tuesday saw 14 young sperm whales found dead on King Island, in the Bass Strait.Experts were planning a rescue of the 230 whales discovered on Wednesday but the operation would be “complex” due to the location, Tasmania’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment said in a statement.”It appears about half of the animals are alive.”
Macquarie Harbour is a large, shallow inlet in a rural area. More of the whales are expected to die overnight.
Locals have been covering the stranded whales with blankets and pouring buckets of water over them to try to keep them alive.
