A pilot whale, approximately 10 feet long, became stranded on a beach on the Isle of Wight, prompting a time-critical rescue operation involving the Maritime & Coastguard Agency and British Divers Marine Life Rescue. Discovered by dog walkers early Saturday morning, locals initially attempted to keep the whale alive by pouring buckets of seawater over it. Coastguard officers managed to carry the whale back to deeper waters, but it has not yet been released. This incident marks the first whale stranding on the Isle in over 15 years. In a separate event, a whale that washed ashore in Cuba could not be saved despite rescue efforts and later died, highlighting the rarity of such occurrences on the Cuban coast, where locals expressed sadness over the loss of the marine mammal.