New Zealanders Race to Save Whales After 400 Stranded
Whales are stranded at Farewell Spit near Nelson, New Zealand on Friday, Feb. 10, 2017.
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Wellington, New Zealand (AP) -- It was the sound of soft sighs and cries in the half-light that first struck Cheree Morrison, and then as the dawn broke she began to see the extent of the carnage — more than 400 whales had swum aground along a remote New Zealand beach.
About 275 of the pilot whales were already dead when Morrison and two colleagues found them Friday on Farewell Spit at the tip of the South Island.