Young orca's death to be investigated, Whangaparoa Peninsula
Friday Sep 16, 2011 Just found this story of whale.
Department of Conservation (DOC) rangers have taken the carcass of a young orca to Massey University’s Albany campus where a necropsy will be performed to try to determine the cause of death.
A young orca died after stranding near the Whangaparoa Peninsula. File photo / Neville Marriner
The female calf died after stranding near the Whangaparoa Peninsula.
She was found stranded on a mud bank at Duck Creek, a tributary of the Weiti River just south of the Whangaparoa Peninsula, around 5pm yesterday.
DOC Auckland marine ranger Martin Stanley says local residents called the department and tried to keep the orca alive but it died before a team of rangers and staff from Massey University arrived at the stranding site.
“The orca is a female calf about two years old and showed signs of emaciation.”
“It appears to have become separated from its pod or family …
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