55 whales may have died in a mass stranding because they refused to leave the side of an injured female

• An entire pod of 55 pilot whales died on Sunday after a mass stranding on a beach in Scotland. 
• The pod may have washed up on the beach because they wanted to help an injured female.
• The female was experiencing problems while giving birth, a UK charity said.

Dozens of healthy whales may have died on a beach in Scotland because they refused to leave the side of an injured female, the British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) charity said in a press release.

An entire pod of 55 pilot whales died on Sunday morning after a mass stranding on a remote beach in Western Isles, Scotland, police said.