Rescuers Struggle to Save up to 50 Stranded Pilot Whales on New Zealand Coast
Rescuers and volunteers tried to keep the surviving animals wet and refloat them at high tide after about 50 were found trapped among rocks.
- 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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