WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — Rescuers were racing Monday to save dozens of pilot whales that beached on a stretch of New Zealand coast notorious for mass strandings, wildlife officials said. The Department of Conservation (DOC) said the pod of 49 long-finned pilot whales was found early Monday at Farewell Spit, about 90 kilometers (55 miles) north of the South Island tourist town of Nelson. By mid-afternoon, nine of the whales had died and more […]