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NZealand rescuers save 14 whales from stranded pod

(AP) -- Rescuers who battled exhaustion and darkness succeeded in saving 14 pilot whales from a pod of 74 that stranded on a remote New Zealand beach.

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created Sep 25, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

56 pilot whales die after stranding on NZ beach

(AP) -- Only 24 of several dozen pilot whales stranded on a remote northern New Zealand beach survived a stormy first night ashore despite rescuers' desperate efforts to save them, officials said Thursday.

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created Sep 23, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

80 pilot whales stranded on New Zealand beach

(AP) -- At least 40 out of 80 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a remote northern New Zealand beach have died, and more whales are joining them on land, officials said Wednesday.

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created Sep 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

NZ rescuers save 9 whales stranded on beach

(AP) -- Crews with bulldozers buried 49 pilot whales in sand dunes on an isolated northern New Zealand beach Sunday after rescuers managed to save only nine from a group that was stranded on the beach for two days.

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created Aug 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

More than 20 whales die in mass beaching in New Zealand

More than 20 pilot whales died in a mass beaching in New Zealand Sunday while another 40 were successfully herded back to sea, conservation officials said.

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created Dec 27, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Nine rescued whales beach again in Australia

All but one of the 10 whales that survived a mass beaching on Australia's west coast were Wednesday believed to have come back ashore and were unlikely to survive, authorities said.

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created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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