25-09-2020 22:00 via theguardian.com

Death at Hells Gates: rescuers witness tragic end for hundreds of pilot whales on Australian coast

Desperate stories emerge from the battle to save pilot whales and their calves in Macquarie Harbour on Tasmania’s west coastIngrid Albion has been helping to save whales and dolphins for three decades, but has never seen anything on a scale like this before. Nobody in Australia has.Within the rugged beauty of Macquarie Harbour, a wild Southern Ocean frontier on the remote Tasmanian west coast, she has witnessed the biggest disaster of its kind seen in this part of the world. Continue readi
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