Nearly 100 pilot whales have died after beaching in Western Australia, wildlife officials said.
Volunteers helping pilot whales, with more than 50 whales dying after stranding themselves on Cheynes Beach in Western Australia.PERTH - Nearly 100 pilot whales have died after beaching in Western Australia, wildlife officials said, following desperate rescue attempts.
"Volunteers and everyone attempted to get them back out into the deeper water, and then they re-beached themselves," a spokeswoman for the Parks and Wildlife Service told AFP. Incident controller Peter Hartley thanked rescuers for their"enormous efforts" to save the whales in cold waters."Probably one of the hardest decisions in my 34 years in wildlife management -- really, really difficult," he told journalists Thursday."We know that whale strandings are a natural phenomenon but we gave it a good go, spending the whole day in the water with those animals to give them the best opportunity," he added.
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