28 pilot whales dead on Farewell Spit after stranding, New Zealand
Thu, 15 Nov 2012
By Gordon McBride
Eleven pilot whales are dead after a pod of 28 became stranded on Farewell Spit this morning.
Department of Conservation workers are debating whether a rescue operation is possible for the survivors.
The tide is on the way out so the next chance to refloat the pod will be high tide just after midnight tonight.
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One of the complicating factors is that they stranded on a very high spring tide.
The tides tonight and tomorrow are predicted to be not quite as high as this morning’s tide when they stranded.
The whales are on a stretch of Farewell Spit around two kilometres north-east from the Spit Cafe.
Farewell Spit is the most notorious whale-stranding spot in New Zealand. Its slowly rising seabed and the hook of the spit commonly trap whales.
Pilot whales aren’t actually whales – they’re sometimes called blackfish and are members of the dolphin family, like orcas which are larger and often referred to as killer whales.
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Stranded whales now dead
Radio New Zealand
The whales were discovered stranded on Farewell Spit on Thursday morning, above the high tide mark. Twelve were dead. The Department of Conservation said they were too weak for a rescue to be attempted. DoC says the whales could have attracted …radionz.co.nz
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Whistler Blowers, Insiders
this afternoon confirmed a decision had been made to euthanise the remaining 16 whales, and programme manager Hans Stoffregen said Doc was disappointed at the outcome.
The whales were destroyed this afternoon.
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/234992/stranded-pilot-whales-dead