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Pilot Whale rescue operation at Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania.

Pilot Whale rescue operation at Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania. Source: THE ADVOCATE

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The mission to rescue pilot whales stranded on Tasmania's west coast will continue over the weekend. So too the disposal of pilot whale carcasses.

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