60 pilot whales and 20 bottlenose dolphins beached on two islands, Tasmania
November 04, 2012
Updated 11 minutes ago
Parks and Wildlife officers are investigating why about 100 pilot whales and dolphins beached on two islands off Tasmania’s north-west coast.
Crews are returning to the site of the largest stranding, on New Year Island.
Yesterday 60 pilot whales and 20 bottlenose dolphins beached there.
Photo: Up to 60 pilot whales and 20 bottlenose dolphins beached themselves on New Year Island, off the coast of King Island. (Supplied: Margaret Barnes)
Parks and Wildlife officers say while 14 dolphins died, they successfully rescued the remaining six.
Only two of the whales survived the beaching.
King Island ranger-in-charge Shelly Davison says it is one of the largest strandings in Tasmanian waters.
GRIM DISCOVERY: The scene that confronted locals. Picture: MARGARET BARNES
She says the mammals may have spent two nights on the beach before rescuers got to them.
“Most of the animals unfortunately were deceased,” she said.
“We believed that they may have been there for two nights – given the remote location you don’t always get these things reported.”
The officers are heading back to the site this morning to make sure the mammals have not re-beached overnight.
The incident followed the stranding of 13 bottlenose dolphins in Quarantine Bay on nearby King Island on Friday.
Officers say five were already dead, and they managed to rescue eight of them by pushing them back out to sea.
Officers say they will test the carcasses in a bid to find out what caused the strandings.
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