Around 200 stranded whales die in pounding surf in Australia

By Associated Press

Sep 22, 2022 9:19 am

HOBART, Australia: A day after 230 whales were found stranded on the wild and remote west coast of Australia's island state of Tasmania, only 35 were still alive despite rescue efforts that were to continue Thursday.

Half the pod of pilot whales stranded in Macquarie Harbor were presumed to still be alive on Wednesday, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania said.

WHALE'S WOE In this image made from a video, a rescuer pours water on one of stranded whales on Ocean Beach, near Strahan, Australia Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. More than 200 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. PHOTO BY AP

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