Hundreds of whales die in mass stranding on New Zealand beach
by Eleanor Ainge Roy in Dunedin from Environment | The Guardian on (#2C4HP)
Urgent plea issued for locals to drop work and school commitments and head to the remote beach to save surviving whales
Rescuers are trying to save dozens of whales after a mass stranding on a New Zealand beach thought to be the largest in decades.
The Department of Conservation (DOC) discovered 416 pilot whales had beached themselves overnight at Farewell Spit in Golden Bay at the top of the South Island, with more than 70% dying by the time dawn broke on Friday.
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