Heroic Rescue of 60 Whales About To Be Beached in Northern Iceland Has People Cheering originally appeared on PetHelpful. In ...

"The low water level prevented them from swimming back to the ocean and they were at risk of dying quickly," noted the poster.

According to local media, the whales were likely chasing mackerel, fish that have migrated north due to warming seas.

Dozens of whales were rescued after becoming stranded on a remote beach in northern Iceland. Around 60 pilot whales, known locally as grindhvalur, were found stranded on Ólafsfjörður beach on Sunday ...