Lone whale rescued from among hundreds of carcasses in Australia's worst mass beaching
The country’s largest-ever mass stranding saw around 470 pilot whales become stuck in Tasmania.
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The country’s largest-ever mass stranding saw around 470 pilot whales become stuck in Tasmania.
Another 20 whales could potentially still be saved today and vets are considering euthanising another four.
It the largest mass stranding ever recorded in the island state of Tasmania.
Two large pods of long-finned pilot whales became stuck on sandbars in Macquarie Harbour.
The pilot, who has not been identified, was the only person aboard the twin-propeller plane.
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20-year-old Joshua Jeffrey battered the birds with a stick while drunk on a beach in 2016.
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The attack occurred in an area not known for shark attacks.
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