Forty-three pilot whales have died after stranding themselves on the coast of New Zealand in a mass stranding event, which rescuers described as extremely painful and difficult. A large number of pilot whales were found stranded on the coast of Cape Palliser, near Ngawi coast on the southern coast of New Zealand's North Island, on Thursday morning.
The country's Department of Conservation (DOC) informed about the incident on Thursday morning, stating that a large group of whales had stranded on the coast. At that time, at least 20 whales were stranded on the coast. Four of them were alive, according to the environmental conservation organization Project Jonah New Zealand.
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