Rescuers say a third of about 270 pilot whales stranded off Tasmania's west coast have died, as efforts begin to save the remaining mammals.
About a third of some 270 pilot whales stranded off Tasmania's remote west coast have likely already died, as authorities enter a critical phase to save the remainder.
Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service's Nic Deka said progress will be slow, with conditions and the half-submerged whales making rescue efforts tricky."Basically we'll take the animals with the best chance to start with and the ones that we are able to deal with.A pod of whales, believed to be pilot whales, that have become stranded on a sandbar at Macquarie Harbour, near Strahan, on Tasmania's west coast.
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