Rescuers Struggle to Save up to 50 Stranded Pilot Whales on New Zealand Coast
Rescuers kept surviving whales wet and cool as Project Jonah said four were still alive and a refloat was planned at high tide.
- On Thursday, the Department of Conservation reported nearly 50 pilot whales stranded along the rugged Ngawi coastline near Cape Palliser on New Zealand's North Island.
- DOC staff, local Maori volunteers, and marine medics from Project Jonah worked to keep surviving whales cool and hydrated using buckets of water and towels during rescue efforts.
- Most of the pod succumbed to their injuries, with local resident Rob Bargh telling Radio New Zealand that survivors were on their 'last breaths'.
- By Thursday evening, the final four surviving whales had died, including two that rescuers had successfully refloated during high tide.
- While strandings are common in New Zealand and Australia due to large pilot whale populations, DOC noted this area had not recorded a mass event since the 1990s.
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Rescuers struggle to save up to 50 stranded pilot whales on New Zealand coast
Dozens of pilot whales have been found stranded on a beach in New Zealand’s North Island and rescuers are trying to refloat a handful of the survivors, the country’s conservation department said on Thursday.
Dozens of pilot whales stranded on NZ’s North Island
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