Coverage dated October 10, 2022 to October 11, 2022
477 stranded whales die on remote New Zealand islands
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The whales beached themselves on the Chatham Islands, about 500 miles east of New Zealand's main islands. None of the whales could be refloated and all either died naturally or were euthanized.
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By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Hundreds of pilot whales have died after becoming stranded near the shark-infested waters of a remote island chain in the South Pacific, according to rescue teams and conservationists.
The whales beached themselves on the Chatham Islands, about 500 miles east of New Zealand's main islands. None of the whales could be refloated and all either died naturally or were euthanized.
A string of dead pilot whales line the beach at Tupuangi Beach, Chatham Islands, in New Zealand's Chatham Archipelago, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. Some 477 pilot whales have died after
Nearly 500 pilot whales died after a mass stranding on two remote New Zealand Beaches. Officials said the whales stranded themselves on Friday and Monday.
