Australians rescue beached whales

[dArKeR]

Dozens of volunteers in wet suits and wooly hats braved chilly seas yesterday to push scores of false killer whales that had beached themselves on Australia's western coast back out to sea. One of the dolphin-sized mammals died, while rescuers refloated 74 others.

Two groups of the whales ran aground on separate beaches at Busselton, 230km south of Perth.

Volunteers responding to the Western Australia state government's call for help pushed one group of about 15 whales back into the ocean, and were holding them in shallow waters while the animals regained their strength.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2005/06/03/2003257732

Sonar! They just go off and die at sea.

[soaky]

1. sonar was my first thought for cause too n/t