Pilot Whale Stranding Update
Just days after 416 pilot whales stranded themselves at Farewell Spit, off NZ South Island, a second pod of 240 has become stranded.
In total, more than 650 animals have become stranded along a 3 mile stretch of coastline in the past 2 days. About 335 of the whales have died, 220 remain stranded, and 100 are back at sea.
The Department of Conservation Golden Bay has said they are sure the latest strandings were a new pod because all of the refloated whales from the previous group had been tagged.
Hundreds of volunteers had flocked to the remote spot after the first group of whales were discovered in the early hours of Friday local time. But unfortunately, around three-quarters of that group were already dead when they were found.
The volunteers successfully refloated the surviving whales, but many of them beached again that night.
On Saturday, volunteers braved the threat of sharks and stingrays to form a human chain in an attempt to encourage the whales to swim into deeper water and not to return to the bay.
Local Maori have performed karakia (prayers) over the dead whales, and officials are turing their attention to the task of disposing hundreds of carcasses.
Rp: @endtheslavery
In total, more than 650 animals have become stranded along a 3 mile stretch of coastline in the past 2 days. About 335 of the whales have died, 220 remain stranded, and 100 are back at sea.
The Department of Conservation Golden Bay has said they are sure the latest strandings were a new pod because all of the refloated whales from the previous group had been tagged.
Hundreds of volunteers had flocked to the remote spot after the first group of whales were discovered in the early hours of Friday local time. But unfortunately, around three-quarters of that group were already dead when they were found.
The volunteers successfully refloated the surviving whales, but many of them beached again that night.
On Saturday, volunteers braved the threat of sharks and stingrays to form a human chain in an attempt to encourage the whales to swim into deeper water and not to return to the bay.
Local Maori have performed karakia (prayers) over the dead whales, and officials are turing their attention to the task of disposing hundreds of carcasses.
Rp: @endtheslavery
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