Hundreds of pilot whales have died in a mass stranding in southern Australia despite efforts to save them, with rescuers racing Wednesday to free a few dozen survivors. Another 200 long-finned pilot whales were discovered Wednesday in Macquarie Harbor, on the rugged and sparsely populated west coast of Tasmania, taking to 470 the number that have become stuck this week.

Hundreds of whales dead in Australia stranding. (2020, September 24). Panay News, p. 15.