Some 230 whales beached in Tasmania; rescue efforts underwayf
About 230 whales are stranded on Tasmania’s west coast, just two days after 14 sperm whales were found beached on an island nearby.
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About 230 whales are stranded on Tasmania’s west coast, just two days after 14 sperm whales were found beached on an island nearby.
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 southeastern coast
Two years ago to the day, about 470 pilot whales were found stuck on sandbars in the same harbor.
Government conservation experts headed to the island to conduct necropsies of the whales to try to determine what caused their deaths.
Australian wildlife authorities are investigating the deaths of the whales, which were discovered Monday on Tasmania's King Island, off the southeastern coast.