Nine pilot whales have been rescued from a group of 58 who were stranded on Friday on a beach in northern New Zealand, official sources said today.
Authorities found only 15 of the whales alive and managed to return 13 to sea for the weekend, but four stranding again and died, said Sioux Campbell, spokesman for the Department of Conservation.
"Fortunately, we have not seen the whales today, which is good news. We are very happy to have saved the whales with the help of the community," said Campbell.
About 70 volunteers worked tirelessly to keep afloat and breathing mammals despite weighing a ton and a half.
Two years ago, more than one hundred pilot whales were caught on the beach in New Zealand, Australia and the neighboring sees each year hundreds are killed marine mammals in their costs.
Scientists do not know the reason why some species of whales end their days on the beaches, and shuffled the possibility that sonar attracted by large ships or to follow a group leader disoriented by illness.
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