Tasmanian authorities said there were 136 survivors on Wednesday morning, down from 157. That assessment was then revised down to 90 within a few hours.
Australian authorities are to euthanize 90 false killer whales stranded on a remote beach in Tasmania. The whales were found stranded on an exposed beach, with poor ocean and weather conditions preventing rescue efforts. Initially, 157 whales were reported stranded, with 136 alive, but this number was revised to 90. The whales are too large to refloat, and experts have given up hope of rescuing them. This is the first mass stranding of false killer whales in Tasmania since 1974.
