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About 50 pilot whales strand near Cape Palliser in New Zealand: the animals could not be saved

On the rocky coast of Ngawi in the Wairarapa region at the southern tip of New Zealand's North Island, about 50 pilot whales stranded overnight. Rescuers from Project Jonah, the Department of Conservation and local residents tried to return the whales to the sea, but by Thursday evening the last survivors had died. The cause of the stranding has not been determined; some of the carcasses were swept out to sea.

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