New Zealand rescuers save six stranded whales

Six beached whales were successfully refloated off New Zealand Tuesday, rescuers said, after a spate of mass strandings in recent days that resulted in the deaths of dozens of marine mammals."We are hopeful that the six whales that have been refloated will remain at sea," the Department of Conservation (DOC) department said in a statement, adding that another two whales were euthanised after continually restranding.Two of the pod were already dead, and two more died after being found by rescuers