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By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's conservation office on Tuesday said all 240 pilot whales stranded on the remote Pitt Island have ...
WELLINGTON - New Zealand's conservation office on Tuesday (Oct 11) said all 240 pilot whales stranded on the remote Pitt Island have died, just days after 215 whales died on a beach on nearby Chatham Island. Dr Dave Lundquist, marine technical adviser at the Department of Conservation, in an email said a technical team on Monday had assessed the situation...
The Chatham Island stranding occurred on Saturday, and also involved surviving pilot whales being euthanized.
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It is feared that as many as 500 pilot whales have died in two mass strandings on a remote New Zealand island chain over the weekend.
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.