HALIFAX—Dozens of volunteers — including surfers, police, fisheries officials and passersby — raced to a Nova Scotia beach on New Year’s Day to help return a stranded pilot whale back to sea. The local resident sent Reid pictures of the animal — a male pilot whale that appeared to be in fairly good condition. Article Continued BelowThe response, he said, was surprising as roughly 100 volunteers descended on the popular beach to pitch in. Andrew Reid of the Marine Animal Response Society said the whale, a male adult, may have become stranded after trying to navigate the area's shallow sandbars just offshore. Reid, some volunteers and a few surfers in wet suits walked the animal out into deeper water before releasing it.

Source: thestar January 02, 2018 19:52 UTC