Whales die after mass stranding in Australia


  • World
  • Saturday, 24 Mar 2018

Supplied image of more than 150 short-finned pilot whales that were beached at Hamelin Bay, in Western Australia's south on Friday. - WA Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Parks and Wildlife Service/AAP via AP

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - All but six of more than 150 short-finned pilot whales that stranded themselves on a beach in Western Australia have died, despite efforts from authorities and local beachgoers to save them, officials said on Saturday.

The marine mammals stranded themselves in Hamelin Bay, 315 km (198 miles) south of the state's capital, Perth, between March 22 and 23.

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