Hundreds of pilot whales have died after becoming stranded near the shark-infested waters of a remote island chain in the South Pacific
, according to rescue teams and conservationists. New Zealand’s Department of Conservation told CNN nearly 500 whales washed up in the Chatham Islands, 840 kilometers east of the main South Island, in two separate mass stranding events reported by residents over the weekend. Dave Lundquist, a marine technical adviser for the department, said it does not attempt to refloat stranded whales in the area due to the risk of shark attacks to both people and the whales.
“Having such a high number of whales in one location is unusual, but it’s certainly not unheard of,” he said. In addition to the risk posed by sharks, it was “almost impossible” for rescue teams to travel to the Chatham Islands on short notice, he said, compounding the difficulty of saving the whales. The mass stranding incident comes less than a month after about 200 pilot whales died on the coast of Tasmania in Australia.
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