No whales in latest Aussie mass beaching expected to survive

Source: Xinhua| 2018-11-28 08:23:16|Editor: mym
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SYDNEY, Nov. 28 (Xinhua) -- None of the 28 whales stranded on a beach in Australia's Victoria state are expected to survive, in the latest major beaching amid the animals' annual migration in the Southern Hemisphere, said environmental authorities on Wednesday.

Twenty-four of the cetaceans that were spotted on shore in the Gippsland area off the Croajingolong National Park late Tuesday have died - including the sole humpback among the pilot whales - with the remaining four near death, the 3AW local radio station quoted state environmental authorities as saying.

"Four are still alive but they were in very poor condition when our people left last night, they don't hold much hope for them," environment, land, water and planning department official Michael Turner told the broadcaster.

A helicopter will also be deployed to the 1.5 km stretch of beach where the whales are located, said Turner.

"It is a remote area, not really accessible by foot unless you walk the beach," he said.

The latest beaching comes two days after more than 100 whales were founded stranded on a remote shore of New Zealand's Stewart Island. Many of the cetaceans migrate south to warmer waters with the oncoming summer in the Southern Hemisphere but there have been no definite reasons cited as yet for their strandings.

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