Picture by Tim Cuff - 13 February 2015 - DOC ranger Mike Ogle moves through the bodies of dead pilot whales on the beach

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Picture by Tim Cuff - 13 February 2015 - DOC ranger Mike Ogle moves through the bodies of dead pilot whales on the beach on the first day of the mass stranding on Farewell Spit, Golden Bay.

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