More than 30 pilot whales have died after becoming stranded on a remote beach on Australia’s southern island of Tasmania, where such strandings occur frequently, authorities said Wednesday.

Tasmania’s Department of Environment and Natural Resources said the first dead animals were discovered yesterday in Freycinet Peninsulaisolated coastal area in the east of the island.

After inspecting the area this Wednesday, authorities report that 34 pilot whales died.

“Staff, including a wildlife veterinarian, are on site to assess the situation and take samples from half the corpses“; This was reported by a representative of the department to the public television company. ABC.

At the moment, experts They don’t know the reason for this predicament.although other similar episodes have been associated with disease, navigational errors, sudden changes in tides, pursuit by predators, or extreme weather conditions.

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IN September 2022most of them died 230 grind which became stranded in Macquarie Sound, also in Tasmania, and are found on the migratory routes of various cetacean species.

Meanwhile in 2020also in Macquarie, some 470 pilot whales strandedof which only a hundred were rescued and taken to the open sea.

(EFE)