WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Some 477 pilot whales have died after stranding themselves on two remote New Zealand beaches over recent days, officials say.None of the stranded whales...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Some 477 pilot whales have died after stranding themselves on two remote New Zealand beaches over recent days, officials say.
The Department of Conservation said 232 whales stranded themselves Friday at Tupuangi Beach and another 245 at Waihere Bay on Monday. Grover said the remote location and presence of sharks in the surrounding waters meant they couldn't mobilize volunteers to try to refloat the whales as they have in past stranding events.
Grover said there is a lot of food for the whales around the Chatham Islands, and as they swim closer to land, they would quickly find themselves going from very deep to shallow water.