The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported in Juine this year that hundreds of volunteers went to Busselton to help free stranded whales.

In the early hours of the morning, a pod of false killer whales beached themselves in Geographe Bay, not far from the town of Busselton. As they have several times in the recent past, volunteers quickly headed for the beach to assist in the rescue. Under the supervision of the Department of Conservation and Land Management, the volunteers first quietened the whales, before floating them off the beach. Finally, at the time of posting, the whales had been herded back out to sea and were swimming away.

Video iof the event can be viewed from the ABC Web SIte.

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Scenes on the beach. The video has images of a dead whale which may upset younger viewers.

[Source: ABC South West W.A]

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