44 pilot whales rescued and returned to sea after mass stranding at Tasmanian beach
by Graham Readfearn from World news | The Guardian on (#643B3)
Satellite trackers show two of the animals are now well south' of Tasmania
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A mission to rescue scores of pilot whales found still alive on a beach after a mass stranding on Tasmania's west coast has ended with 44 of the animals towed back into the ocean.
Preliminary data from satellite trackers on two of the rescued pilot whales - which are actually large oceanic dolphins - show they are now well south" of Tasmania.
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