More pilot whales have been found stranded on the island state of Tasmania, raising the estimated total to almost 500 in the largest mass stranding ever recorded in Australia.
FILE - In this Sept. 22, 2020, file photo, members of a rescue crew stand with a whale on a sand bar near Strahan, Australia. More pilot whales were found stranded on an Australian coast Wednesday, Sept. 23, raising the total to almost 500 in the largest mass stranding ever recorded in the island state of Tasmania. Authorities have been working to rescue survivors among an estimated 270 whales found on Monday on a beach and two sand bars near the remote west coast town of Strahan.
Authorities had already been working to rescue survivors among an estimated 270 whales found Monday on a beach and two sand bars near the remote west coast town of Strahan on the island state of Tasmania. About 30 whales in the original stranding were moved from the sandbars to open ocean but several got stranded again, Deka said.
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