Race to save almost 50 pilot whales after same number die in mass stranding on WA beach

Rare footage of mammals grouping offshore before they beached east of Albany sets event apart from previous strandings, experts say

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More than 50 of the long-finned pilot whales stranded on a Western Australian beach have died, despite an overnight vigil by wildlife experts.

Sadly 51 [pilot] whales have died overnight after a mass stranding at Cheynes Beach," the Parks and Wildlife Service said on Wednesday morning in an update on social media.