Tasmania. Every year, around 2000 marine mammals die in mass strandings worldwide. But this is not always for natural reasons ...
The animals are part of a pod of 157 whales that beached near Arthur River, a township in Tasmania. What caused them to beach remains unclear.
Australian authorities are to euthanise scores of false killer whales left suffering on a beach ... have given up hope of rescuing the oceanic dolphins after they were found on an exposed surf ...