Marine wildlife experts including wildlife officers, marine scientists and veterinarians tried frantically to save the pilot whales.
Dozens of whales have died after several pods washed up on the shore of a beach on the Western Australian coast. Marine wildlife experts including wildlife officers, marine scientists and veterinarians tried frantically to save the pilot whales stranded on Thursday in shallow waters at Toby Inlet in Geographe Bay. Four pods of up to 160 pilot whales in total spread across about 500m along the beach, near the town of Dunsborough, in a region popular with tourists.
'They may well decide to come back to shore somewhere on another beach nearby or something - that often happens, but we're hopeful that they won't,' he added. The Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions confirmed the rescue. In its latest update on Facebook, it said 28 whales that had been stranded on the beach had died. 'A spotter plane has been in the sky looking for the pod that swam out to sea,' the post read.
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