2023-07-27 12:08:19
Updated Thursday, July 27, 2023 – 12:08
Despite the work of 100 experts and 250 volunteers, the veterinarians have decided to euthanize them due to the impossibility of returning them to the sea.
Whales stranded on an Australian beach dieEnvironment 51 pilot whales die after stranding on an Australian beach
Las 46 whales who remained stranded on a beach in western Australia have died despite the work they 100 experts and 250 volunteers have done to save their lives.
“Volunteers and everyone have take them into deep water, but they returned to the beach“, explained a spokeswoman for the Parks and Environment service.
Therefore, in this situation, “the veterinarians reviewed them and decided that they should be euthanize to the whales that were left alive (51 of them died during the first night of their stranding) for their well-being”.
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51 pilot whales die after stranding on an Australian beach
51 pilot whales die after stranding on an Australian beach
The person in charge of the rescue operation, Peter Hartleyhas thanked the people who tried to save the whales for the “enormous effort” made in low-temperature waters.
“It is probably one of the hardest decisions in my 34 years of managing wildlife,” he said.
The phenomenon of pilot whales stranding on beaches is common in Australia and New Zealand.
Last October, some 500 pilot whales died after being stranded on the Chatham Islandsa remote New Zealand archipelago.
Scientists haven’t been able to explain why whales strand themselves, but some researchers suggest it could be because herds flock too close to shore to feed.
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