Truck rescue for beached NZ whales

Name: Truck rescue for beached NZ whales
Uploaded: 2010-09-24T15:27:23.000Z
Description: A number of whales that became stranded on a beach in New Zealand have been rescued by teams that used trucks to move them to calmer waters.

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Rescuers have begun moving the 24 survivors of a pod of 80 pilot whales that beacame stranded on a beach in New Zealand.

Officials have already transported six of the animals to calmer watres, moving them on trucks from Spirits Bay to Rarawa Beach.

Juliet Dunlop reports.

Asia-Pacific

24 September 2010