Mass Stranding Kills 29 Pilot Whales

More than two dozen whales have died but over 100 have been saved after a mass stranding at a beach in Western Australia’s southwest . Up to 160 pilot whales beached themselves at Toby Inlet near Dunsborough, more than 250km south of Perth, on April 25. The Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions said 29 whales had died. “We’re in the stage of removing them off the beach and taking measurements and samples,” Regional Wildlife Officer Pia Courtis said. The remaining whales that were spread across 500 metres of the beach were helped back out into the ocean where another two pods of about 130 animals were sticking together offshore....