Survivors of whale pod beached on Australian coast are euthanised

Rescuers tend to long-finned pilot whales (DBCA/AP)

Survivors of a pod of almost 100 whales that beached on the southwestern Australian coast have been euthanised after a second day of frantic but unsuccessful efforts to rescue them, authorities said.

The pod of long-finned pilot whales stranded themselves on Tuesday on Cheynes Beach, east of the former whaling station of Albany in Western Australia state, south of the capital Perth.