Stranded Pod of Pilot Whales being re-floated by Project Jonah, the Department of Conservation and Volunteers on a beach near the Farewell Spit in Golden Bay, New Zealand - Fotografia de stock

Tomatea Point Reserve, near Pakawau, Tasman District, New Zealand - January 19, 2025: A stranded pod of Pilot whales are prepared to be re-floated by Project Jonah (a New Zealand environmental organisation specialising in the protection of sealife), the D.O.C. (Department of Conservation) and Volunteers. Project Jonah are regularly involved in rescuing stranded whales with New Zealand having one of the highest rates of whale strandings and beached whales in the world.