After 80 pilot whales beached in Australia, marine mammal enthusiasts were feeling pretty grim. The small upside was that 10 were able to be released in a safe harbor. Well, now 9 of those 10 have re-beached, and are either dead or in such poor condition they have to be put down.

It just makes me so sad to see so many dead whales with no explanation. The death toll for that area is over 400 now for just a few months. There’s clearly something going on down there. I want to know what it is – is something scaring them towards shore? Are their internal systems getting damaged by offshore activities? Is there a Bermuda Triangle for whales lying somewhere off shore? Something is happening, and it’s happening a lot in that one area of the world. I hope that someone gets involved and finds the cause of these deaths. It’s just depressing to keep reading how more and more whales are lost without rhyme or reason.