New Zealanders Haul Whales Back to Sea
Children and adults plunged into the surf off northern New Zealand on Tuesday to lug dozens of beached pilot whales to safety.
Residents said that 250 children and 50 adults struggled for 2 1/2 hours to pull about 100 whales by their tails out into the sea at Doubtless Bay.
“The kids were excellent--we couldn’t have done it without them,” builder Graeme Jay said. “The adults were getting tired. We might have given up.”
Many of the whales were 13 to 16 feet long and weighed about a ton and a half each. All but three were saved.
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