Nearly 500 whales beach themselves in New Zealand
Volunteers couldn't mobilize to float the whales back out to sea because of the remote location and the presence of sharks in the nearby waters.
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Volunteers couldn't mobilize to float the whales back out to sea because of the remote location and the presence of sharks in the nearby waters.
The whales beached on the Chatham Islands, which are home to about 600 people and located about 500 miles east of New Zealand's main island.
The pilot whale deaths come two weeks after about 200 pilot whales also died in Australia after stranding themselves on a remote Tasmanian beach.
Some 477 pilot whales have died after stranding themselves on two remote New Zealand beaches over recent days, officials say.
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's conservation office on Tuesday said all 240 pilot whales stranded on the remote Pitt Island have ...