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Rescuers were trying to save scores of pilot whales in a remote bay in New Zealand, where some 300 carcasses littered the beach after one of the country's largest recorded mass whale strandings.
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A dead pilot whale lies on a sandbank after one of the nation's biggest recorded mass whale strandings, in Golden Bay, at the highest point of New Zealand's South Island. REUTERS/Anthony Phelps
Volunteers take care of a portion of the several stranded pilot whales still alive after one of the nation's biggest recorded mass whale strandings, in Golden Bay, at the highest point of New Zealand's South Island. REUTERS/Anthony Phelps
Volunteers attempt to guide a portion of the stranded pilot whales still alive pull out to ocean. REUTERS/Anthony Phelps
Volunteers attempt to guide a portion of the stranded pilot whales still alive retreat to ocean. REUTERS/Anthony Phelps
Volunteers attempt to guide some stranded pilot whales retreat to ocean. REUTERS/Anthony Phelps
Volunteers take care of a portion of the many stranded pilot whales still alive. REUTERS/Anthony Phelps
People remain between a portion of the many stranded pilot whales that have kicked the bucket. REUTERS/Ross Wearing
Volunteers take care of a portion of the several stranded pilot whales still alive. REUTERS/Anthony Phelps
Volunteers take care of a portion of the many stranded pilot whales still alive, as one lies on a sandbank set apart with a "X" to demonstrate it has passed on. REUTERS/Anthony Phelps
Volunteers take care of a portion of the many stranded pilot whales still alive. REUTERS/Anthony Phelps
Volunteers stroll between a portion of the many stranded pilot whales. REUTERS/Anthony Phelps
Volunteers take care of a portion of the several stranded pilot whales still alive. REUTERS/Anthony Phelps
People take a gander at stranded pilot whales seen on the shoreline. Television NZ/TV3
Volunteers attempt to keep alive a portion of the several stranded pilot whales after one of the nation's biggest recorded mass whale strandings, in Golden Bay, at the highest point of New Zealand's south island. REUTERS/Ross Wearing
Volunteers attempt to keep alive a portion of the many stranded pilot whales. REUTERS/Ross Wearing
Some of the several stranded pilot whales set apart with a "X" to show they have kicked the bucket. REUTERS/Anthony Phelps
Volunteers take care of a portion of the several stranded pilot whales. REUTERS/Anthony Phelps
Stranded pilot whales are seen on the shoreline. Television NZ/TV3
People take a gander at stranded pilot whales seen on the shoreline. Television NZ/TV3
Some of the many stranded pilot whales. REUTERS/Anthony Phelps