Over 200 Whales Stuck on Beach in Australia
Over 200 whales swam onto the beach on the western part of the Australian island of Tasmania. At least half are alive and animal officials are working to rescue them.
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Over 200 whales swam onto the beach on the western part of the Australian island of Tasmania. At least half are alive and animal officials are working to rescue them.
Wildlife experts have rescued 32 of 230 whales that were found stranded on the wild and remote west coast of Australia’s island state Tasmania. The Department of Natural Resources and
Marine conservationists are now in a race against the clock to return the whales to the sea, after hundreds were stranded on Ocean Beach near Macquarie Harbour, south of Strahan on Wednesday.
HOBART, Australia -- About 230 whales have been stranded on Tasmania's west coast, just days after 14 sperm whales were found beached on an island off the Australian state's northwestern coast.
The whales were found stranded on the remote west coast of Australia's island state of Tasmania. A marine biologist said the dead animals would be tested for toxins that might explain the disaster.