Nearly 500 whales dead after swimming on beach in ‘heartbreaking’ mass stranding
Nearly 500 whales dead after swimming on beach in ‘heartbreaking’ mass stranding
Mass strandings of pilot whales are reasonably common in New Zealand but are still ‘tough’, The Department of Conservation said (Picture: Tamzin Henderson/AFP)
‘Heartbreaking’ pictures show some 477 pilot whales dead after beaching themselves on a remote New Zealand island.
Rescue workers say none of the creatures could be refloated due to the risk of shark attack to humans and the whales…