A large-scale whale stranding incident recently occurred on Panadura Island, Sri Lanka.

However, according to the country’s officials, as of November 3, local time before dawn, about 120 whales had been rescued.

  On the afternoon of November 2, local time, a group of short-fin pilot whales were found stranded on the island of Panadura, Sri Lanka, becoming the largest stranding event ever occurred on the island.

A spokesperson for the Sri Lanka Navy said that after a night of arduous rescue, navy and coast guard seamen and local volunteers rescued about 120 whales before dawn on the 3rd. "Unfortunately, 2 whales were injured when they were stranded. death."

  The head of the Sri Lanka Marine Environmental Protection Agency said that the cause of the whale stranding is still unclear.

  Edit Zeng Chen

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