China News Service, September 23. According to foreign media reports, as of the morning of the 23rd local time, a total of about 470 pilot whales were found stranded on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia, the largest scale in the history of the state on record. Stranded incident.
Rescuers said on the same day that they had successfully rescued 50 whales, but 380 were dead, and more than 30 whales were still stranded.
On the 21st local time, about 270 whales were found stranded in Port Macquarie, and another 200 were found on the morning of the 23rd.
On September 22, local time, people rescued a stranded whale in Tasmania, Australia.
The rescue operation has entered its third day. The Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service Regional Manager Nick Deca said on the afternoon of the 23rd local time: "If they are still alive and in the water, there is of course hope. But as time goes by As time goes by, they will become more and more exhausted, and the chance of survival will become smaller and smaller."
In addition, he also said that he is preparing to gradually transition the work content from rescue work to recovery and disposal work. This decision may be announced on the 24th.
Currently, rescue efforts are mainly focused on whales that have been assessed as the most likely to survive.
The staff dragged them to deeper waters and released them there, hoping that they would not turn around and return to shallow waters.
According to reports, whales have been stranded on the coast of Tasmania.
Experts pointed out that this state is the only state in Australia where large numbers of whales and dolphins are regularly stranded, including complicated waterways, loss of the way due to shallow water or poor sea conditions, etc., which are all reasons for stranding.