Over 450 pilot whales stranded on Chatham islands off New Zealand
Volunteers try to keep alive some of the hundreds of stranded pilot whales in Golden Bay, New Zealand’ in February 2017. Picture: REUTERS
Dave Lundquist, marine technical adviser at the department of conservation, said a technical team on Monday had assessed the situation and euthanised the surviving whales. Daren Grover, GM at charity Project Jonah, which deals with stranded whales, said there were also not enough people in the area to help with refloating.
Grover said given the position of the archipelago near where subtropical and sub-Antarctic oceans meet there was an abundance of sea life in the area which attracted whales.
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