Dozens of black dolphins have washed ashore at the southwestern tip of Australia and the chances of their survival are slim according to local authorities.
Of the black dolphins washed ashore in Australia, 26 were already dead, according to Western Australia’s Parks and Wildlife Service, which rushed “conservation workers, marine scientists and veterinarians” to the area. .
The total number of black dolphins stranded in Tobey 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 after stranding on the Cheynes coast, about 400 kilometers east of Tobey Cove.
