Dozens of pilot whales stranded in Indonesia, eight dead

Dozens of pilot whales stranded in Indonesia, eight dead Probolinggo, Indonesia (AFP) June 16, 2016 - Eight pilot whales have died after a mass stranding on the coast of Indonesia's main island of Java that sparked a major rescue operation, an official said Thursday. Thirty-two of the short-finned pilot whales came ashore during high tide early Wednesday in Probolinggo, East Java province. "At first there were just one or two whales swimming near the shore, and the nature of whales is t ... more

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