‘Save the Whales!’<br /><br /> It is more than just a slogan in New Zealand where desperate rescue efforts are underway after almost 200 pilot whales got stranded.<br /><br /> Volunteers have rushed to help the stricken creatures found at Farewell Spit on the northwest tip of South Island – in what is said to be the biggest whale beaching there in over a decade.<br /><br /> “Radio New Zealand”: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/regional/266073/dozens-of-whales-killed-in-stranding is reporting that three quarters of them have been refloated but have still to swim out to deeper water after getting stuck on sand. <br /><br /> Dozens of others have died.<br /><br /> Tataka Department Conservation Ranger, Mike Ogle, said: “Because there’s just so many whales, there are a couple of spots where a lot would gather together and that’s kind of problematic from the aspect that you can’t get in there, it’s just too dangerous.” <br /><br /> Mass beachings like this are fairly common worldwide for reasons ranging from sickness to disorientation due to manmade e
