157 whales stranded on a remote beach in Tasmania: 90 have been euthanized ( shot ) the rest died shortly after the stranding

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4619 feb 2025 #BBCNews

Australian authorities are euthanising about 90 false killer whales which survived a mass stranding on a remote beach in Tasmania.

Rangers trying to euthanise the animals
https://cayman.loopnews.com/content/some-230-whales-beached-tasmania-rescue-efforts-underway-0 (stranded whales in 2022 link ) A team of experts at the site said complex conditions have made it impossible to save them. of 157 whales that had beached near Arthur River, in the island's north west. The rest had died shortly after the stranding. https://animalresearcher.com/why-do-dolphins-sometimes-strand-in-groups/ more information why do they strand?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-22/why-do-whales-beach-or-strand-themselves-tasmania-west-coast/12686734 Stranded whales in 2020 WHY DO WHALES STRAND ? Tasmania has seen a series of mass whale strandings in recent years - including the country's worst-ever in 2020 - but false killer whales haven't mass stranded there in over 50 years.