70 whales saved but hundreds of carcasses need to be removed in Australia’s worst mass stranding

Heartbreaking images have shown the aftermath of Australia’s worst-ever mass stranding of pilot whales.  An estimated 380 of 470 whales are confirmed to have died after the pod got into trouble in a shallow regional outlet at Macquarie Harbour off Tasmania’s coast on Monday. ‘We’re retrieved 70 whales or thereabouts off the sandbar and released … Read more

Six bottlenose whales die in largest live stranding of its type in Ireland’s history

Six whales have died and another is ‘likely’ to perish in what is being described as the largest live stranding of the animals in Ireland’s history. The seven northern bottlenose dolphins were spotted stranded on a beach in Rossnowlagh, County Donegal, on the north west coast of Ireland, earlier today. Conservationists rushed to the beach in … Read more

Six bottlenose whales die in largest live stranding of its type in Ireland’s history

Six whales have died and another is ‘likely’ to perish in what is being described as the largest live stranding of the animals in Ireland’s history. The seven northern bottlenose dolphins were spotted stranded on a beach in Rossnowlagh, County Donegal, on the north west coast of Ireland, earlier today. Conservationists rushed to the beach in … Read more