New Zealand: Six Whales Die After Mass Stranding on Remote Beach

Six Dead After Whales Strand On Isolated New Zealand Beach

It’s a race against the tide on a lonely stretch of New Zealand’s South Island. Six pilot whales are already dead — and 15 more are fighting for their lives after washing up on Farewell Spit.The mass stranding began Thursday when around 55 whales ended up on the beach. Most managed to swim back out. But for reasons still unclear, 15 returned to shore and are now scattered along a kilometre of sand.Volunteers from marine charity Project Jonah are…

Volunteers race to save 15 whales after mass stranding on New Zealand beach

Six whales die after pod washes ashore on narrow sand formation known for repeated strandings

Six whales die, others now swimming freely after stranding at Farewell Spit

Project Jonah says 15 of the stranded pilot whales at Farewell Spit are now swimming freely in the bay.

New Zealand: Six whales die after mass stranding on remote beach

Volunteers at Farewell Spit are racing against time to get 15 live whales back into sea.

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Some whales restrand at New Zealand's Farewell Spit, six die

AUCKLAND, ‌Jan 9 (Reuters) - Fifteen whales restranded and ‌six have died after a mass stranding ‌at Farewell Spit on the coast of New Zealand's South Island, conservation group Project Jonah said on Friday, ‍as volunteers prepared to attempt ‍to refloat them. Read full story