39 beached whales rescued but 120 die

Rescuers refloated 39 pilot whales at high tide, but dozens more died today after a pod beached on a remote island off southern New Zealand.

39 beached whales rescued but 120 die

Rescuers refloated 39 pilot whales at high tide, but dozens more died today after a pod beached on a remote island off southern New Zealand.

Locals and conservation specialists frantically dragged, pushed and steered the surviving mammals from the 159 whale pod off the sand and into deep water.

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