
The 27 protected whales had swum aground late Saturday in a beach near San Felipe, in Mexico's Baja California region.
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27 short-finned pilot whales beached themselves over the weekend
Mexican authorities struggled for over 15 hours to try and rescue them
However, they were only able to save three of the protected mammals
The 27 protected whales had swum aground late Saturday in a beach near San Felipe, in Mexico's Baja California region.
Officials from the PROFEPA federal environmental protection agency, soldiers and fishermen tried to keep them hydrated and push them back to deep water. But low tide and the whales tendency to swim back towards the shore doomed most of the animals.
"We only managed to rescue alive two adult pilot whales and a calf," PROFEPA said in a statement.
It said it thought the pod had become disoriented, as the whales showed no signs of damage or having been caught in fishing nets.
PROFEPA noted that pilot whales had strong social cohesion and "do not abandon other whales in danger, even if that means death."
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