Mass Whale Stranding in Western Australia

“There’s a wide range of causes, notably with this species, the long-finned pilot whales, so generally it is likely to be a member of the pod is sick and the others observe. Typically it is likely to be some sort of noise disturbance. Illness generally is a issue, so it’s very diverse. We’re taking various samples, notably the priorities to exclude infectious ailments.” “So we’ve bought vessels out on the water and we’ve additionally bought spotter airplane up within the air that’s doing searches over each couple of hours simply to see the place they’re. And thus far, so good. They haven’t made it again to shore. However we’ll hold monitoring them.”