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Rescue effort under way after some 230 whales beached in Tasmania

Pilot whales beached in Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania, are seen in this photo taken on September 20, 2022 and provided by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania [Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania handout/AFP]

An estimated 230 whales have been stranded on Tasmania’s west coast, just days after 14 sperm whales were found beached on an island off the northwestern Tasmania coast.

The Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania said on Wednesday that marine conservation experts were travelling to the site of a mass stranding of what appeared to be pilot whales on Ocean Beach near Macquarie Harbour.

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