(CNN) — A dramatic operation to save the lives of more than 100 pilot whales ended in partial success on Thursday after wildlife officials managed to return most of the stranded animals to sea. Rescue teams rushed to the beach located in the coastal town of Dunsborough, south of Perth, to tend to the whales. It was...
Teele Rebane, Heather Chen and Manveena Suri, CNNA mass stranding event in Australia left more than 150 whales stuck on a beach in Dunsborough, Australia, on April 25. Twenty-eight of the whales died and around 130 were able to return to the ocean.A dramatic operation to save the lives of more than 100 pilot whales ended in partial success on Thursday after wildlife officials managed to return most of the stranded animals to sea.
This image supplied by Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, shows a pod of pilot whales stranded on a beach at Toby's Inlet in Western Australia on Thursday, April 25. Whale pods can beach themselves again even after being saved. As a result spotter planes in the area are continuing to watch and see if the released animals will return to shore. “So far, they have remained off the beach,” Weise said.
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