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CAPE TOWN -- Authorities shot dozens of exhausted whales that beached on a shore near South Africa's storm-lashed southern tip yesterday amid scenes of grief and despair from volunteers who had tried to save them.
Fifty-five false killer whales washed up on the shores of Kommitjie in the early morning, prompting a massive all-day rescue effort. Hundreds of locals wearing wet suits or shorts braved high winds and rough waves to try to push the massive mammals from knee-deep water back into the sea.
To no avail.
"I feel quite sad, but it is the right thing to do," Nan Rice, of the Dolphin Action and Protection Group, said of shooting the whales in the head.
One woman suffered suspected fractured ribs after being pinned between a whale and rocks. A number of volunteers had to be rescued from the surf while trying to swim the whales beyond the breaking waves.
Cape Town authorities brought in six bulldozers to try to move the whales, which were about three metres long. But the whales kept swimming back to shore and became increasingly stressed.
Scientists then decided there was no alternative but to kill about 35 whales to prevent further suffering. A further 10 died of stress. And it was feared that the whales that did escape were too exhausted to survive.
TV footage of the scenes on the desolate beach was interspersed by the sound of gunshots. "One shot, one whale. Another shot, another whale," the commentator said.
Police desperately tried to clear the beach of dozens of families who had flocked to the shores in hope of a happy ending that turned nightmarish. Authorities were urging those who had children to seek trauma counselling