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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Politics
Narelle Towie at Cheynes beach, Western Australia

As shots rang out, the battle to save Western Australia’s stranded pilot whales was over

It wasn’t easy for the two officers grasping pink ribbons to wade between the 1,000kg pilot whales and the dozens of volunteers.

Their job was to identify the distressed animals in the pod, those who rolled rather than bobbed in the water ready to swim. The ribbons were not signs of life but markers of impending death.

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