Marine experts have given up hope of rescuing 157 false killer whales that stranded on a remote Australian beach.

Department liaison officer Brendon Clark said the stranding was the first by false killer whales in Tasmania in since 1974. That was a pod of more than 160 whales that landed on a beach near Stanley on the northwest coast. Strandings in Tasmania are usually pilot whales.

Dozens of false killer whales stranded on a remote beach in the Australian state of Tasmania will be euthanised after bad weather and the isolated location hampered efforts to push them back into the waters,

Feb. 18, 157 false killer whales were found beached on the northwest coast of Tasmania, an Australian state, by a cause that experts are still unsure of. One day later, the Associated Press reported,

More than 150 false killer whales have been stranded on an isolated beach in the Australian state of Tasmania, with rescue crews trying to save the majority of the large dolphins that survived the ordeal,

Australian wildlife rangers are to euthanise 90 dolphins stuck on a remote beach by shooting them, after attempts to refloat them failed.

More than 150 false killer whales are stranded on a remote beach on Australia’s island state of Tasmania, officials said on Wednesday.

The animals are part of a pod of 157 whales that beached near Arthur River, a township in Tasmania. What caused them to beach remains unclear.

The animals remained beached for over 48 hours before experts made the difficult decision to begin euthanasia operation.

EXCLUSIVE: More than 150 false killer whales have been euthanised after a mass stranding on a remote beach in Tasmania, Australian, earlier this week – a marine expert fears they may have followed eac