Sri Lankan Navy, Villagers Rescue More Than 100 Stranded Whales

A villager tries to push a pilot whale after being stranded on a beach in Panadura, Sri Lanka, on Nov. 3, 2020. Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters

COLOMBO—Sri Lanka’s navy said on Tuesday more than 100 whales had been rescued after becoming stranded on a beach on the island’s southwest coast.

Villagers defied a novel coronavirus curfew to help rescue the small whales on Monday, wading into the breaking surf to push them back into the sea at Panadura, south of the capital, Colombo.