Dozens of black dolphins, cetaceans that can grow up to six meters in length, have washed ashore in Australia’s southwestern tip and their chances of survival are considered slim, local authorities said today. Twenty-six of them were already dead when they were found, according to the Western Australian state Parks and Wildlife Service, which rushed “conservation workers, marine scientists and veterinarians” to the area.
The total number of black dolphins stranded in Toby Cove, south of Perth, may be as high as 160, according to this source. The personnel sent there will try to pull some of the black dolphins out into the open, but “the euthanasia of the protruding cetaceans generally appears to be the solution” most appropriate to save them from prolonged suffering, the Service underlines.
More and more whales are found that have washed up en masse on coasts in the world, while the causes of this phenomenon have not been scientifically ascertained to date.
In July dozens of black dolphins died following stranding on the Cheynes coast, regarding 400km east of Tobey Cove.
Source: RES
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