Six whales die after mass stranding on remote beach
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Key Points:
- Six pilot whales have died on Farewell Spit, New Zealand, after a mass stranding of 55 whales, with 15 still alive but restranded along about 1 km of the beach.
- Volunteers from Project Jonah are working to keep the whales cool and plan to refloat the 15 whales by bringing them together in a tight group to help them swim out to deeper waters before the tide recedes.
- The conservation department has deployed rangers, a boat, and a drone to monitor the situation and is calling for additional volunteers to assist with the rescue efforts.
- Farewell Spit is known as a natural "whale trap" due to its gently sloping tidal flats and rapidly falling tides, which frequently
