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Stranded whales refloated in New Zealand

2014-01-20 228 Dailymotion

Dozens of pilot whales that have been stranded at Puponga Beach in New Zealand are being refloated.<br /> <br />Volunteers are pouring water over the whales, and clearing their airways so they can breathe.<br /> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) VOLUNTEER FROM PROJECT NOAH, HALEY BAXTER, SAYING:<br /> <br />"I'm just draining, digging a channel, so we can drain all the water away from his face, so that it's not around his blow hole, so that he can breathe. Otherwise he will drown."<br /> <br />The volunteers say it is difficult to push the mammals back to sea. But the tail-end of a cyclone is forecast to pass through Golden Bay, and this could be the last opportunity to refloat them.<br /> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) UNIDENTIFIED VOLUNTEER SAYING:<br /> <br />"At the moment, they want to go back to the beach. They are pretty determined to go there. So, it's a bit of a handful trying to keep them going the right way out to sea, really."<br /> <br />Dozens of whales have already died and some had been euthanised from the 70 that were

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