40 Whales Go Aground, Die in New Zealand
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — More than 40 pilot whales have died near New Zealand’s Coromandel Peninsula over the past few days after beaching themselves, officials said Wednesday.
Volunteers and conservation officers managed to coax many of the whales back to sea, but some returned to the peninsula on the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island or were too exhausted to survive.
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