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Residents reported yet another slew of pilot whales stranded on two remote beaches in the South Pacific near New Zealand. This time, almost 500 beached – with no survivors. 250 whales were stranded on Chatham Island on Friday Oct. 7, and about 240 were later found on the nearby Pitt Island on the morning of.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Some 477 pilot whales have died after stranding themselves on two remote New Zealand beaches over recent days, officials say