A pod of up to 230 pilot whales have become stranded on Ocean Beach near Strahan in Tasmania. About half of the whales are reported to be alive. MORE: 9News
, with the latest occurring today near Macquarie Harbour on Tasmania's west coast.
They will work alongside staff from the Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service and Tasmanian Police at Strahan. "The fact that it also happened two years ago to the day, in a similar location, what is going on? That's really interesting," Pirotta said. "There might be a sick individual that might have led the pod astray, they could be fleeing from something, you just don't know."Some of the beached whales pictured during the previous stranding in 2020 at Macquarie Harbour.
"But people can help in a variety of ways, such as providing food or tea or coffee for those who are working on the front line.