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Article: Pilot whales return to Cape Cod, stranded again day after being saved on another beach
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- AP Worldstream
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- July 30, 2002
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Dateline: EASTHAM, Massachusetts
About 40 pilot whales became stranded on a Cape Cod beach Tuesday,
just one day after volunteers pushed them back out to sea from another
beach. The development is "pretty bad news" and may be a sign the
whales are dying, an expert said.
The small black whales, which had been tagged on Monday before being
freed from Chapin Beach in Dennis, were found stuck in shallow water
Tuesday morning about 25 miles (40 kilometers) to the east.
About 20 people were at the remote beach in Eastham trying to keep
the whales wet until they could be returned to deeper water again,
said Chris Bailey, of the International Fund for Animal Welfare. ...