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
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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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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.
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