Race against the clock and heart-rending spectacle in New Zealand

Some 200 pilot whales stranded on Friday on a beach in the peninsula of Farewell to the north of the island in the south of New Zealand.

Volunteers were busy to help them. But at least 25 of them have died, according to environmental services. And according to a local radio, RadioLive, quoted by the channel 3 News, 70 of these marine mammals who perished.

This beach is considered dangerous. Eight stranding of pilot whales have occurred here over the last decade. "And this is the most important," according to an official from the service of environmental protection, Mike Ogle, who points out that it is very "dangerous" to go where pilot whales are concentrated in number .

This is the species most common whale in New Zealand waters. Experts suggest that those who fail come to the aid of their group members who are ill or disoriented.