At Least 380 Whales Dead In Australia’s Largest Ever Mass Stranding

September 23, 2020btollesonRSS Sample

Members of a rescue crew work to free a whale from a sandbar off the coast of Tasmania, Australia, on Tuesday. About 380 pilot whales have died in the mass stranding, one of the largest ever recorded.

“While they are still alive and in water, there is certainly hope for them but as time goes on they become more fatigued and their chance of survival reduces,” said a government wildlife official.

(Image credit: Brodie Weeding/AP)