<span style="color: #222222;">Some 477 pilot whales have died after stranding themselves on two remote New Zealand beaches over recent days. Daren Grover, the general manager of Project Jonah, a nonprofit group which helps rescue whales said none of the stranded whales could be refloated and all either died naturally or were euthanized in a heartbreaking loss.<br />”<br />”The whales beached themselves on the Chatham Islands, which are home to about 600 people and located about 800 kilometers east of New Zealand's main islands.<br />”<br />”The Department of Conservation said 232 whales stranded themselves on Friday at Tupuangi Beach and another 245 at Waihere Bay on Monday.<br />”<br />”The deaths come two weeks after about 200 pilot whales died in Australia after stranding themselves on a remote Tasmanian beach.<br />”<br />”These events are tough, challenging situations, the Department of Conservation wrote in a Facebook post.&nbsp;</span><br />