The head of a conservation group says her team feels helpless and heartbroken after the death of two beached sperm whales off the northern coast of Prince Edward Island.

A third whale is still clinging to life, but its condition is deteriorating, said Tonya Wimmer, executive director of the Marine Animal Response Society. She said it’s unlikely whales like these ones can survive after landing on shore.

“With whales — a thing of any size, when they hit a beach, they don’t have arms …. They’re beautifully designed to be in the ocean, and that’s where they’ve evolved, and they are fantastically perfect for that environment. But even though they’re a mammal, put them on land — that’s really not their element.”

She said her team was notified about the whales on Saturday. By the next morning

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