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# Beached

Last year
2023
45 whales beached in Australia euthanised after efforts to save them failed
27 Jul 2023
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5
More than 50 pilot whales die as nearly 100 are beached in western Australia
26 Jul 2023
11.8k
12
All time
'A little unusual but nothing sinister': 40 foot sperm whale carcass washes ashore in Co Galway
1 Apr 2019
42.4k
29
Planning a beach trip? Here's what to do if your car gets stuck on sand
11 Jun 2018
4.5k
0
Three whales washed up on a Kerry beach and one may not survive
6 Aug 2015
18.3k
8
Pictures: Crowds gather as massive sperm whale washed ashore in California
16 Apr 2015
20.0k
19
Around 150 beached dolphins feared dead as rescue efforts abandoned
10 Apr 2015
12.8k
26
"We're trying to keep the rest alive": 100 whales die on New Zealand beach
14 Feb 2015
12.2k
15
In pics: Tourists and residents try to save massive stranded whale on Nicaragua beach
15 Nov 2014
12.6k
18
This 58 foot long whale covered in bite marks has washed up in New York
11 Oct 2014
36.9k
11
Five pilot whales die after pod gets stranded on Donegal beach
7 Jul 2014
19.5k
35
Whale beached in New York neighbourhood dies
27 Dec 2012
9.5k
6
16 whales die after being stranded on Scottish beach
2 Sep 2012
7.7k
18
Baltimore whale dies
16 Aug 2012
17.1k
113
VIDEO: Young fin whale still stuck in west Cork harbour
14 Aug 2012
13.2k
31
Beachgoers rescue stranded dolphins at Brazil beach
9 Mar 2012
5.8k
33
Washed-up 35-foot sperm whale dies in Waterford
20 Aug 2011
1.6k
12
Whale deaths off Donegal could have been caused by navy's sonar
8 Nov 2010
737
Good Morning
The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: the storm that turned out to be a damp squib; 12 injured and two people die in Galway crash; iPhone alarm glitch is still not fixed as Americans wake up late for work.
8 Nov 2010
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