WELLINGTON: About 500 pilot whales have died in mass strandings on New Zealand's remote Chatham Islands, the government said on Tuesday after ruling out a rescue effort in the area's shark-filled waters.
Two "super pods" of the dolphin-related cetaceans beached on two islands in the remote chain and the survivors were euthanized, according to the country's Department of Conservation.
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